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Savers have increased the cash allocation in their SIPPs as part of a defensive move, according to Investec Private Bank.

Demand for variable annuities remains high despite the challenging environment and withdrawal of the Hartford, new research reveals.

Christine Hallett, former Pointon York CEO, has unveiled her new pensions business, which will offer a range of products including a Simple and Full SIPP.

The Annuity Bureau has changed its approach to offer a range of service levels and fee structures to match.

Standard Life's SIPP platform has brought its total number of properties under management to 1,000 in less than five years with its latest commercial property addition.

Nearly half of employers with defined benefit schemes still open to active members think they will close them to future accrual within three years, Watson Wyatt research suggests.

The Personal Accounts Delivery Authority is set to launch a myth busting programme to explain how the national pension saving scheme will work from 2012.

Enhanced annuities pay out an average 22% more than standard annuities in annual retirement income, research suggests.

Personal accounts will complement and not replace existing pension provision, the head of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) says.

Pension providers have come out broadly in support of introducing adviser charging to the group personal pensions (GPP) market.