pensions

Pension specialists Scottish Life has appointed support firm Barrie & Hibbert to help it develop an investment framework to support its Governed Range Investment proposition.

Thousands of IFA firms could go out of business, sell-up or merge by 2013 due to the economic downturn, according to Ernst & Young.

The ABI has appointed Friends Provident CEO, Trevor Matthews, and Brit Insurance CEO, Dane Douteil, to its board.

The Equitable Life fiasco reiterates the importance of impartial advice after customers following sales staff's recommendations are still not guaranteed their money back.

Thousands of public sector pensioners could see their benefits reduced after 30 years of overpayments by Xafinity were revealed by the Liberal Democrats.

The Financial Services Authority has uncovered inconsistent levels of advice given to members switching into personal pensions or self-invested personal pensions from existing arrangements.

Final salary scheme funding jumped back into a £23bn surplus in November - the largest single monthly rise on record, Aon Consulting says.

Pensions alone cannot solve a looming retirement crisis caused by the baby boomer effect and a radical rethink is needed, according to pensions expert Ros Altmann.

Pensions experts are disappointed the Government has not taken the opportunity to review the 75 year rule on annuity purchase in the Pre-Budget Report.

The main challenge for public pension reform is encouraging low to middle income workers into saving for retirement, research from B&CE Benefit Solutions suggests.