Regulation

Almost 1.6 million more consumers contacted the Money Advice Service (MAS) in the last three months than in the same period last year, latest figures show.

All seven product providers featured on Sesame's ‘focussed' restricted advice panel have denied breaching the regulator's rules on inducements, after the network was fined £1.6m for selling the coveted spots to the highest bidders.

Legal & General Assurance Society (L&G) has been directed to compensate two clients it advised to transfer savings out of their employer's pension arrangements 21 years ago.

The products already exist, now let's guide retirees

Are there loopholes in the pension reforms?

Almost half of consumers due to retire within the next decade will be seeking help from regulated financial advisers, research claims.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned of a scheme encouraging pension savers to transfer money from their work pension schemes into self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) to be invested into an AIM listed company.

Three employers have been issued fixed penalties of £400 in The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) first use of fines for failures related to auto-enrolment.

The government's free impartial at-retirement guidance is aimed at middle Britain, not high or low net worth individuals, pensions minister Steve Webb has told MPs.

Pensions expert Ros Altmann has called on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to tighten its grip on product providers to ensure customers are treated fairly once they have received the government's proposed retirement guidance.