Retirement

The House of Lords has overturned Baroness Hollis's amendment to the Pensions Bill which would have give women more flexibility to buy 'added years' to increase their basic state pension.

YOUNGER investors may be taking an overly cautious approach to their top-up pension savings, according to consultants Watson Wyatt.

The family home should not be seen as a substitute for pension planning, warns In Retirement Services, an equity release provider.

The gilt yields used for calculating pension income drawdown reached their highest level for five years this month at 5.25%.

A row has broken out over a cross-party amendment to the Pensions Bill, with independent policy adviser Dr Ros Altmann accusing the ABI of misleading MPs and the press.

A series of interest rate hikes has led to more people saving now than in the past few years.

Clerical Medical has launched an income drawdown product aimed at customers aged 50 to 74.

More pension schemes are training trustees, according to the Pensions Regulator.

Eight in ten pension scheme administrators say they're ill-prepared for mandatory e-filing in 12 weeks, a survey suggests.

IFA firm Chartwell is set to launch its own SIPPs this autumn to add to its ‘investor centre', an online user-led wrap service.