Regulation

Self-invested personal pensions (SIPP) should not buckle under regulatory pressure to become plain vanilla share class wrappers as clients need diversification in their portfolios, Mattioli Woods has said.

Providers need to simplify drawdown charges or the regulator will intervene, founder of The Platforum and Boring Money Holly Mackay has said.

Origo is to establish a nationwide register of pension assets to help the 'pension dashboard' concept develop.

Homeowners aged between 65 and 74 are increasingly using equity release to supplement their income in later life, figures from the Equity Release Council's (ERC) market report have shown.

Guardian SIPP is in talks to allow investors trapped in troubled investments to buy their way out of paying mounting administration fees, and to have direct access to any money clawed back from the firms deemed liable for their losses.

Advisers and payroll providers join forces on auto-enrolment

Providers pushing pensions freedom advice demands 'too far'

IFA PQR Financial Planning has launched a pension transfer advice service for clients of advisers who are reluctant or unable to carry out the business.

ISA-style pensions don't 'stand up to scrutiny'

A mandatory requirement on providers to use Origo's Options Transfers service is among the suggestions for improving the efficiency of pension transfers.