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Retirement planning remained the UK's top financial concern last year and the main reason people sought independent financial advice, according to research by Unbiased.com.

The Luxembourg financial services regulator has suspended the securities of Lifemark S.A from trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

A single-issue political party, focusing on pensions reform, has been launched by former National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) chairman, Robin Ellison.

Standard Life is offering advisers commission worth up to 25% of their clients' first year of payments as part of its active money personal pension.

What New Year's resolution do you feel the retirement planning industry should make and why?

The 'administrative nightmare' of auto-enrolment into National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) will divert necessary attention from the scheme's investment strategy, the Pensions Institute warns.

Retirement savers should consider taking their tax-free lump sum now to avoid possible new tax charges after the general election, BDO Investment Management says.

John Moret, director of marketing at Suffolk Life, says sophisticated and widely available tools can help IFAs give good quality and specialist advice on income drawdown.

Matt Ward, wealth management consultant at Defaqto, assesses the threats and opportunities facing the SIPP world...

Poverty among pensioners has fallen by nearly a third in eleven years, driven by increased uptake of private pensions, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).