pension reform

News of today's French protests over the raising of the retirement age draws interesting parallels with our pension strife here in the UK.

Independent pension policy adviser Ros Altmann is urging the Government to overhaul and simplify the system of basic state pensions and pensioners' benefits.

Skandia is calling for simplification of income drawdown rules to ease the "administrative nightmare" on advisers and simplify calculations for consumers.

People should be able to access pensions before retirement, says the Centre for Policy Studies, as part of a raft of proposals to reform the UK savings system.

The Finance Act 2010 was rushed through, before parliament was dissolved ahead of the general election. The new act includes clauses about extending the special allowance charge on pension contributions. Jeremy Pearson explains

More than half of UK adults are creating secondary pensions savings and investments, as inadequate retirement pots create fear about living longer on less, Prudential research suggests.

A week may be a long time in politics, but after 13 years in power Labour probably wants the public to keep their memories short and sweet. So just in case, IFAonline brings you a definitive list of financial blunders Labour would rather you forgot......

The National Employment Savings Trust's (NEST) 2% contribution charge will be levied for 20 years, the Pensions Minister says.

Early adopters of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) are facing a poor deal due to high charges, industry experts say.

Around 110,000 women could miss out on thousands of pounds in retirement because they were born just a day too early to benefit from pension rule changes, Liberal Democrat research suggests.