Pensions

Government plans to offer independent guidance to all retirees do not go far enough because retirement needs are too complex, argues St James's Place (SJP).

Most pensions schemes plan to offer members more help at retirement than is proposed under the government's guidance guarantee, according to a consultant.

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Wealth manager Ashcourt Rowan has sold its remaining SIPP and SSAS business to Mattioli Woods.

How advisers would deliver the guidance guarantee

The majority of pension savers in defined contribution (DC) schemes are not satisfied with their plans, according to research.

Dentons Pension Management has acquired the self-invested personal pension (SIPP) book from MAB Pensions, part of the Michael Ambrose group, the Leicester based financial advice and pension administration providers for an undisclosed sum.

Just under 12m people in the UK are still not saving enough money to fund an adequate retirement income, according to research from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The cost of investing through self-invested personal pension (SIPP) wrappers will increase after new capital adequacy rules come into force, a provider has warned.

There has been an increasing trend of people starting their own businesses in the run up to and during retirement.