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Ann Dempster, managing director of Plum Software, says to succeed IFAs must keep up to speed with modern technology...

Advisers are missing out on a "golden opportunity" by failing to exploit the crossover between personal and corporate clients, according to the founder of the Specialist Pensions Forum.

Question: Unit Linked Guarantees are simply third way Annuities. How do ‘ULG's' really compare to general annuities and Income Drawdown?

UK banks are among a number of top European companies to massively underestimate their pension deficits, according to AlphaValue Research.

IFAs must act now to ensure clients affected by the change in the minimum pension age do not suffer serious delays which will restrict access to benefits, says Scottish Life.

UK combined defined contribution (DC) pension assets fell £18bn in October compared to the previous month, according to Aon Consulting.

This week Les Scadding and his wife Samantha Peachey-Scadding from Caerleon, South Wales, won £45.5m on the EuroMillions.

Question: My client, against my best wishes, invested in commercial property in their pensions plan. Do the panel advise them to sell before going into Income Drawdown?

Question: I started a drawdown arrangement two years ago and I have another policy maturing this year. Can I transfer the proceeds into my existing arrangement, and save me having to start a new one?

As many as 43% of pension fund schemes have no overall risk-mitigation strategy, research by HamishWilson suggests.