Hargreaves Lansdown

The "high profile" of Tesco will boost retirees' inclination to shop around for the most appropriate pension income product after the supermarket giant announced it is to launch an annuity comparison service, according to Tom McPhail.

FIVE THINGS

Peter Hargreaves is now the country's 47th richest person, with a fortune of more than £1.5bn, according to the 2013 Sunday Times Rich List.

Hargreaves Lansdown has topped the FTSE 100 index in early trading after reporting record levels of assets under administration in its quarterly results this morning.

In this week's quick fire Retirement Planner poll we ask: Given recent coverage of enhanced annuity commission charged on Hargreaves Lansdown's annuity search engine - how much commission is too much?

Hargreaves Lansdown has achieved record levels of assets under administration after attracting £4.7bn of new money in the three months to April.

Investment platforms are still slapping customers with excessive penalties in an attempt to discourage them from leaving.

Hargreaves Lansdown has launched the ‘UK's first free' enhanced annuity search engine.

Hargreaves Lansdown has thrown its weight behind an Investment Management Association (IMA) initiative urging groups to display total fund costs in a simpler, clearer manner.

Chancellor George Osborne is to bring forward the introduction of the flat-rate state pension and the cap on social care by a year.