Budget 2014

Is focused advice a viable option?

Retirement Planner editor Helen Morrissey spoke to Scottish Widows' Ronnie Taylor and Richard Jones about retirement planning

Annuity provider Just Retirement has launched a one-year version of its fixed-term annuity in response to the far-reaching changes affecting drawdown announced at last month's Budget.

How the industry distinguishes between 'advice' and 'guidance' is at odds with how the public perceives financial services, argues Personal Finance Society (PFS) chief executive Keith Richards.

Fiona Murphy goes through the results of this month's Inquiry on the recent Budget and finds an advisory market (mostly) cheered by radical reforms.

The Budget has been described as the death knell for annuities and a welcome boost for income drawdown. Barry O Sullivan looks at how the rules change the face of the pensions market and what should an adviser's strategy be going forward?

Cashing in your pension sounds better in theory than in practice, says Mike Ferguson of pension provider Barnett Waddingham.

The ability for DC members to be able to take their pension as a cash lump sum could lead to a raft of requests from DB members to transfer to a DC arrangement. Helen Morrissey looks at the potential impact of such a move and asks how schemes should communicate...

Fiona Murphy asks: What do the sweeping changes introduced in the Budget mean for financial advisers?

Why APFA's Chris Hannant thinks the word 'retirement' is almost inappropriate after Budget 2014