Regulation

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has issued four escalating penalty notices carrying a daily fine of between £50 and £10,000 against businesses that have failed to comply with their auto-enrolment (AE) obligations.

We are nearing the end, dear readers. After a week of hearty, healthy debate on whether percentage charging models are a "relic of a bygone era", we publish our experts' final statements. Who wins your vote?

Most people are unlikely to spend less of - or save more into - their pension as a direct result of the removal of the "punitive" 55% ‘death tax' earlier this month, according to research.

'Pensions freedom will be a minefield'

Crippling FSCS levies: Know why you're paying, know how to stop

All advisory firms face the prospect of an interim levy from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in 2015-2016 following a swell of claims related to self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs).

A retiree's complaint against Friends Life over its failure to pay his annuities on time for a decade has been rejected by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), despite FOS and Friends admitting the delays are poor customer service.

Single out what clients actually want and only charge for that, rather than 'pandering to the wealthy' with expensive packaged bank account-style add-ons, an advice firm has said, as it launched its 'manifesto' for the coming years.

Five unintended consequences of pensions freedom

Life fund consolidator Phoenix Life has widened its partnership with Just Retirement to allow clients access to the government's new pension freedoms and simplified advice.