Pension

The proposed changes to pension input periods (PIPs) are "appallingly drafted" and will lead to further confusion over pension tax, experts have warned.

It is often said those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

Over half of middle income households are vulnerable to losing their primary income, according new research.

A high court judge has moved to bring an end to a three-year legal battle between HMRC and a qualifying recognised overseas pension scheme (QROPS) trustee.

The FSA says its research into the mutual sector was "unsatisfactory" but it has not changed its view that policyholders are entitled to all the proceeds of with-profits funds.

Providers have welcomed the FSA's Consultancy Charging Working Group's review, but emphasise the need for the resulting guidance to be non-prescriptive.

A group of nuns are suing the Boston Archdiocese and their cardinal and have demanded $1.4m out of their pension pot.

The Chancellor will use Wednesday's Budget to announce the biggest clampdown on tax avoidance since 2004, raising twice as much as the £500m a year predicted when the initiative was launched last December.

Hornbuckle Mitchell has been ordered to pay compensation to the estate of a client after its poor service caused a terminally ill man "distress and inconvenience".

The switch from RPI to CPI for pension indexation moved one step further in the legislative process yesterday after it was approved in the House of Lords.