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 Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) chief executive Mark Neale is "increasingly concerned" by the rising number of claims the service is receiving that are linked to advice to move pensions into risky assets held in self invested personal pensions (SIPPS). Savers care greatly about building up retirement income but feel ‘disconnected' from the current pensions system and need greater support from providers, research has found.  The government's guidance guarantee will result in more people seeking regulated financial advice on decumulation, with the majority of advisers stat...

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