Regulation

ANNUITIES

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has further delayed the publication of its proposals for new capital adequacy requirements for self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers, saying it wanted to factor in the findings of its current thematic review...

Scotland should avoid altering pensions tax relief if it becomes independent, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF)has said.

Smaller firms may be reluctant to use advisers in the run-up to auto-enrolment, writes IFA Sheriar Bradbury, but if commission still existed...

Consumers are oblivious to the 'bigger industry picture' and are easy targets for unregulated 'advisers' who sell them risky products while collecting commission, an IFA has warned.

A group of investors is preparing to pursue self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Stadia Trustees for hundreds of thousands of pounds via the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) for what it claims was its failure to carry out proper due diligence...

The self-invested personal pension (SIPP) market is in a ‘Mexican stand-off' situation with the regulator as it awaits capital adequacy regulation and the outcome of the third thematic review, a provider has said.

MPs are calling for further pressure to be placed on pension fund managers to reveal the full extent of their charges on investors.

Post-retirement life expectancy for men and women is declining, according to analysis of Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, though experts say it is likely a "blip" rather than a longer term trend.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has called on the Association of British Insurers (ABI) to conduct its audit of high-charging legacy schemes to "far faster".