Pension

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?

Nearly a quarter of adults (23%) in the UK have lost track of at least one pension pot, according to research from charity Age UK.

Pension payments into Cypriot bank accounts for British expats have been suspended by the UK's Department for Work and Pensions.

The FSA should force lenders to issue warning letters to customers with interest-only mortgages, an equity release lender has urged.

The sequence of returns in an income drawdown portfolio is all important in creating a sustainable income over the course of a retirement. Steve Patterson looks at the issues.

BUDGET 2013

BUDGET 2013

The number of advising staff working in financial advice firms fell 9% last year, according to figures put together for the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA).

Andrew Meeson and Peter Spencer Bradley have been jailed for eight and half years each for their roles in a £5m pension tax fraud dubbed by a judge as "stealing money hand over fist".

Pensions minister Steve Webb has reiterated his interest in providing guaranteed returns in defined contribution schemes to create of risk-sharing ‘defined ambition' vehicles, describing it as a "stunning sales pitch".