Pension

Pensions minister Steve Webb will today launch a consultation on whether the government should allow scheme trustees to switch the indexation of pension schemes from RPI to the traditionally lower measure of CPI.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has been forced to explain how he assessed housing costs for pensioners when deciding to switch pension indexation from the RPI to CPI.

The UK private pension system is 'not fit for purpose' and 'hugely inefficient' compared to its European counterparts, according to new research.

True Potential has agreed a partnership with insurance giant Aviva to allow quotes and online applications for a wider range of the provider's products, including protection plans.

More than half of the working population would save more into a pension if legislation did not act as a barrier, according to research from MetLife.

Dwarf tossing on Wall St, work experience at the FSA and an unfortunate pensioner. It's IFAonline's slightly leftfield round-up of the week.

Pensions consultancy Mattioli Woods is shortlisting platform providers to help launch a discretionary fund management offering in summer next year.

Closed-end life group Chesnara has acquired pensions provider Save & Prosper Group, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Asset Management Marketing, for £63.5m.

A pensioner who says he does not trust banks lost £80,000 in cash after leaving it in plastic bags on the roof of his car and driving away.

Labour shadow pensions minister Rachel Reeves explains to Sebastian Cheek why the government's indexation switch needs further thought.