Retirement

The proposals put forward in the Pensions Bill may alleviate some problems with the current State pension system, but it won't solve them, claims the Pensions Policy Institute.

Ed Balls has potentially given the pensions industry hope tax charges on Alternatively Secured Pension could be reduced, claims AJ Bell Group.

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The Pensions Regulator has released the latest module in its online trustee training programme, which this time focuses on fund management issues.

Claims suggesting an investment platform could be used to resolve the issue of protecting tax-free cash when consolidating pensions are unfounded, says Standard Life.

HSBC has teamed up with insurer Standard Life to target self-invested personal pensions at small to medium businesses and commercial customers of the bank.

A service designed to provide advisers with a universal quotation request form for six enhanced annuities providers may not be as simple as intended.

Specialist funds were the most popular form of retail investment in 2006, as the dominance of property funds accounted for almost a quarter of the Oeic market.

A fully revised version of its Code of Guidance has been published by the Independent Pension Trustee Group.

Rumours two insurance companies have closed their doors to new self-invested personal pension business have been denied by the companies.