pensions

Employees are yet to benefit two years on from A-Day because many employers are unaware of opportunities created by significant tax changes in the Finance Act.

LV= has launched an Enhanced With-Profit Pension Annuity offering more investment choice and higher levels of income in retirement.

Nearly a third of IFAs expect clients to be saving less into their pensions with an average reduction of around 21%, new research from MetLife Europe reveals.

The Life Trust Foundation, an independent organisation, has launched to raise awareness and understanding of issues associated with increasing longevity.

I thought The Who song would be an appropriate title for my first blog for IFAonline . When Life Trust launched in January I think there may have been many IFAs asking "who?" However the impact that increasing longevity is having on the retirement planning...

Cash and shares ISAs are "a waste of time", according to Premier Wealth Management.

The Government has pledged to make an announcement on the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS), set up to bail out thousands of pensioners whose employers went bust, in "the next few days".

Lamp posts have a right to stand vertically! In Britain we take it for granted, they stand tall and erect. In southern Spain where I spent ten days resting recently it is a totally different story.

The Government will simplify the calculation on standard tax-free lump sum entitlements, which will benefit the 16 million active and deferred members of private sector defined benefit schemes.

Fidelity's direct arm will refer its new Personal Pension clients to local IFAs when their needs are complex enough to require advice, the group announced today.