Five retirement stories you might have missed

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In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

Financial advisory businesses will be invited to play central roles in providing information, guidance and advice to retirees following the far-reaching changes announced at Budget 2014, under plans being devised by the Personal Finance Society (PFS). Pensions Minister Steve Webb says he remains committed to defined ambition (DA) despite the Budget scrapping restrictions on how people take their pensions income at retirement. Provider Friends Life has scrapped active member discounts (AMD) on all its pension schemes, giving schemes the chance to move to a single charge at the current ...

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