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A former Lloyds TSB adviser turned Labour MP has claimed IFAs and bank advisers are all focused on selling products rather than helping clients.

Raings agency Fitch has branded European Absolute Return (AR) funds "prone to performace disappointment" and "mis-selling" to unsophisticated investors.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) said it will monitor "suspiciously high" opt-out rates under auto-enrolment after MPs suggested some employers may force workers to leave the scheme.

Unions have claimed today's Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) report unfairly presents public sector pension liabilities.

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Execution-only stockbroker JPJShare.com, a subsidiary of the Isle of Man company Rivington Street Holdings, has launched a SIPP with no annual management charge (AMC).

Introducing a flat-rate state pension of around £140 per week will cut the number of pensioners living below the poverty line, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) said.

Mark Fawcett, chief investment officer at the National Employment Savings Trusts (NEST), explains how the vehicle's board set up its recommended annuity provider panel.

The Treasury will publish accounts drawn up in the same way as those of listed companies for the first time this week, and include pension liabilities on the balance sheet, as part of the Office for Budget Responsibility's (OBR) assessment of public finances....