Regulation

The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) is calling on members and other advisers to detail how much they spend on regulation and compliance so the regulator "can be held to account".

Labour has backed the Chancellor's move to radically overhaul the pension system, which will give retirees freedom to do what they want with their money at age 55.

Annuity provider Partnership has extended its annuity guarantee and cooling-off periods in response to Wednesday's Budget, which announced sweeping reforms for the annuity market.

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) has warned the Chancellor's right to advice at retirement promise, announced in the Budget, could inadvertently spark a wave of mis-selling.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) are taking steps to ensure their approach to overseeing workplace pensions does not result in "regulatory arbitrage".

What Australia can teach us about trusting the public with pensions

Changes to drawdown limits set out in yesterday's Budget give advisers just two weeks to reassess and take necessary action for clients needing fixed protection 2014, according to Dentons.

"Independence is a state of mind - you just need to keep an open mind and consider all the options", the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said as it summed up the findings of its latest post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) research.

One in ten (11%) of The Pensions Regulator's (TPR's) 590 investigations into auto-enrolment (AE) non-compliance was triggered by whistleblowing reports.

George Osborne's fifth Budget revealed a raft of retirement income reforms giving pension savers freedom of choice.