Pension

Can we really afford our pensions system afer all?

The government has published its Pensions Bill today, covering proposed changes to auto-enrolment.

Labour has slammed the coalition government for dithering over plans to introduce a flat rate state pension after it shelved the launch of a consultation last year.

Japanese police are investigating a man they believe hid the corpse of his father in a cupboard in order to keep receiving his pension cheques.

Intelligent Pensions (IP) is offering non-advisory ‘lay advocate' roles to IFAs considering exiting the industry due to the pressure of the RDR.

The number of bankrupt over-65s has increased six times in the past ten years, the Insolvency Service says.

Thousands of scheme members with small personal pension pots are being "trapped" by poor annuity rates or lack of access to the market.

In the spirit of the traditional Christmas panto, we have come up with our definitive list of heroes and villains of the pensions world for 2010. Question is: Do you agree with us?

The current timescale for new income drawdown rules to come into effect will make no sense to advisers and their clients, according to A J Bell marketing director Billy Mackay.

Advisers in New Zealand have formed a working party to look into the potential misselling of qualifying recognized overseas pension schemes (QROPS). Rex Cowley, head of marketing at Close Asset Management, gives us the lowdown...