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Rushed pension reforms are dangerous, industry warns
Research flags warning
FCA warns of 'serious implications' in pension switching referrals
Firms have been referred to enforcement
Most retirees have 'no intention' to stay invested - poll
Most savers have no intention of taking on the risks of investing in equities once they have begun to draw their pension, research suggests.
FCA backs IFAs in fight against post-April pension scams
The regulator has encouraged people to seek independent financial advice if approached about investing their pension, as it warned of a rise in investment scamming ahead of the pensions freedom coming into force in April.
ABI launches pension freedom awareness campaign
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has launched a campaign to help customers understand their choices in retirement following the government's pension reforms.
Wheatley: Consumers liable for 'Las Vegas' retirement decisions
Consumers must accept responsibility for their decisions in retirement when the new flexibility rules come into force in April, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley has said.
Govt significantly underestimates pensions freedom take up
More than half a million people will be able to take advantage of the government's changing regulation around pensions from 6 April, according to latest official estimates.
Half of adviser businesses boosted by pension reforms, research
Half of adviser businesses have already seen their bottom lines boosted by the pensions freedom announced last March, according to research.
MAS adviser directory opens for registration
The Money Advice Service (MAS)'s retirement advice directory, put in place to support the incoming pension freedoms, has opened for adviser registration.
Three things clients may call you about this week
Pension scandals and clever ruses. Here is our weekly heads-up on the stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend...
Half of workers not heard of pension reforms, research
More than half of a 'representative sample' of workers questioned in a recent survey said they were unaware the government's pension reforms had happened.
Three things clients may call you about this week
Three things clients may call you about this week
Webb: Too many providers still stuck in old ways
There are still too many people in financial services who think they can "keep their customers where they want them" by quietly carrying on with old-style practices, Pensions minister Steve Webb has said.
APFA: Only a third of advisers qualified to give LTC advice
Only a third of advisers are currently qualified to provide long term care advice despite growing interest from advisers in the area, the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has found.
Webb: Some will 'make the wrong choices' with their pension
The government expects some people to "make the wrong choices" and receive a worse outcome than under the existing system when changes designed to give retirees the power to do as they wish with their savings are rolled out in the spring, pensions minister...
Sacrificial reforms? Advisers on pensions Budget 'loophole'
Are there loopholes in the pension reforms?
Will the drawdown revolution hike advisers' admin burden?
Will the drawdown revolution hike advisers’ admin burden?
MAS chief Rookes 'clarifies' remarks about adviser ethics
Money Advice Service (MAS) chief executive Caroline Rookes did "not intend" to put the ethics of financial advisers in question, the service said following a raft of criticism from the industry.
Citizens Advice: Guidance guarantee not a one-off event
The guidance guarantee should be delivered as a process with various touch points not a one-off token conversation, the chief executive of the Citizens Advice Bureau has said.
Revealed: What advisers told the Treasury about pensions 'guidance'
Revealed: What advisers told the Treasury about pensions 'guidance'
Third of adults unaware of pension reforms - research
Almost a third of UK adults do not know what changes to pensions were announced in the Budget or how they are affected, according to research.
Pensions Bill open to public submissions
The government's Pensions Bill, which was first introduced in May and is set to reform the UK's state and private pensions, is now taking views from the public before it reaches its final stages in the Commons.
DWP 'Reinvigorating Pensions' report due
Pensions minister Steve Webb has announced the Department of Work and Pensions will publish its Reinvigorating Pensions report on 22 November.
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