Hargreaves Lansdown

Hargreaves Lansdown co-founder Peter Hargreaves is to step down from the board of the wealth business with immediate effect.

The Scottish National Party (SNP) has revealed it will fight to block planned increases in the state pension age to protect Scottish pensioners.

Fewer than one in ten of those with pension queries following the roll-out of the retirement 'freedoms' on 6 April were looking to withdraw their savings in full, research suggests.

Restricted advice network giant Sesame witnessed a near-30% fall in new complaints in the second half of last year, as customer gripes related to banking and credit cards rose.

Chancellor George Osborne will further relax pension rules in his Budget on Wednesday to allow the sale of annuity contracts.

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The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has called on the industry to fully support upcoming pension changes but warned "critical pieces of the jigsaw are still missing and will not be in place in time".

Hargreaves Lansdown has unveiled its low-cost drawdown plan ahead of 6 April which has no set-up fees or income withdrawal charges.

Hargreaves Lansdown is planning a push into the asset management arena which could see it hire external fund teams and market its services to advisory businesses in future.

A substantial minority of defined benefit (DB) pension scheme members are intent on transferring out to take advantage of pensions freedom, research has found.