Retirement

The majority of pension savers prefer the flexibility of staying contracted-out, even though contracting-in is more likely to maximise their savings, claims Legal & General.

GOVERNMENT plans to establish a delivery authority for implementing personal accounts could leave some savers worse off in retirement, pension providers are warning.

Suffolk Life is warning the pensions industry not to underestimate the impact of regulation for Self Invested Personal Pensions.

Government proposals to further simplify the State Second Pension could still mean it won't become flat-rate for all individuals until 2031, claims the Pensions Policy Institute.

Scottish Life is adding a self-invested personal pension product to its range of individual pensions as part of its rebranding exercise.

I have rarely seen a subject matter that polarises the adviser community so much as equity release. Love or hate, black or white - there is little sitting on the fence or shades of grey.

The chief executive of Equitable Life has suggested the management board in charge of the insurer when it collapsed "may have been incompetent".

The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority will need the help of the financial services industry to design the generic advice which is "crucial" for personal accounts, claims John Hutton.

INVESTMENT management company Smith & Williamson has launched its own SIPP.

Next week's Pension Bill will include the first step in setting up an independent Personal Accounts Delivery Authority , which will have a 'significant degree' of autonomy.