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Intelligent Pensions (IP) is offering non-advisory ‘lay advocate' roles to IFAs considering exiting the industry due to the pressure of the RDR.

People with several small occupational pensions should be able to group them together for trivial commutation, says Hargreaves Lansdown head of pensions research Tom McPhail.

The number of bankrupt over-65s has increased six times in the past ten years, the Insolvency Service says.

SIPP provider Suffolk Life will hold its fees at 2009 levels for 2011.

The Treasury has confirmed it will remove the potential unauthorized payment charge for people using drawdown caught by changes to the new normal minimum pension age (NMPA).

Most small firms fail to keep pace with necessary increases in employer pension contributions, the Association of Consulting Actuaries (ACA) says.

Vince Smith-Hughes looks at how recent reform will affect the SIPP market.

Mike Morrison looks at how SIPPs have given advisers and their clients access to an increased range of investment options

The DWP will look into improving annuity rates for people with pension pots of under £5,000, pensions minister Steve Webb says.

John Moret, marketing director at Suffolk Life, is to retire after 40 years in the industry and almost 20 "banging the SIPP drum".