Pensions

Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers holding Harlequin investments are set to earn £17m from investors in fees over the next ten years, according to a law firm, while the underlying investment could be virtually worthless.

Britons take their pensions earlier than workers in other EU countries, but also work later into old age, research suggests.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has confirmed that restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will be abolished in April 2017.

Toby Strauss, the chief executive of Scottish Widows, has said the pensions industry is in danger of "breaching its capacity to cope" following the far-reaching changes announced at Budget 2014, unless it is afforded some breathing space by policymakers....

The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) - one of the bodies tasked by the government with delivering free and independent guidance on retirees' options - has outlined its plans for how it would be done.

SIPP due diligence: Six new questions to ask

In this week's quick fire Retirement Planner poll we ask: Should SIPPs go into Peer to Peer lending?

In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is looking again at a decision against self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Berkeley Burke that lawyers at the time called a "game changer" for the SIPP market.

Adam Wrench looks into the reasons why the SIPP industry should be looking more closely at the peer to peer lending market.