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Helen Morrissey takes a look at recent changes to pension tax relief and examines who will be the main beneficiaries.

Mark Joannes assesses the possible impact of forthcoming Solvency II rules on the annuities market.

It had to happen I suppose. The luxury of sitting, discussing and trying to make sense of all the recent pension and related consultations is now over. Now for the reckoning - the responses!

Anthony Rothwell highlights key reasons why offshore bonds have a place in retirement planning.

Assessing a client's attitude to risk is all important when it comes to helping them plan for their retirement, says Lorna Blyth.

The Pensions Regulator's (TPR) new guidance for members shopping around for retirement products is ‘still not enough', according to Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown.

Over 90% of advisers say a lack of information from the government prevents them fully understanding the relationship between state benefits and equity release, Safe Home Income Plans (SHIP) says.

State Street Corporation has been appointed as fund administrator for the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) as the scheme's investment mandates are put out to tender.

The majority of Britons intend to remain in their current homes for the rest of their lives, according to Friends Provident research.

Standard Life has bowed to adviser feedback and scrapped plans for a £750 charge to clients who transfer out of its SIPP within a year of the plan being set up.