pensions

A move by the Treasury to link pensions term assurance to pensions would create considerable costs for providers and advisers, says Andy Milburn, IFA market manager at Royal Liver.

Only having one default fund for personal accounts could leave the government open to the risk of being blamed when things go wrong, warns pension experts.

HM Revenue & Customs have finally published updated guidance on the position of tax relief relating to employer contributions into pensions, confirming the 'wholly & exclusively' rule will only be applied in limited circumstances.

Standard Life saw its life and pensions sales rise by over half in 2006 on the back of key changes at A-Day and a redirection of pensions investments towards sipps.

Provision remains a key driver of business for financial advisers, according to research from Rowanmore Pensions.

Philip Hammond, shadow work and pensions secretary, hit out yesterday at the government's failure to help people who lost their life savings when company schemes went bust, says the Daily Telegraph .

Let's face it - advising someone on whether they should transfer their deferred benefits out of a final salary scheme is one of the trickiest things for pensions advisers.

A straw poll of IFAonline readers is predicting the next government will spring a u-turn on all pensions changes recently announced.

Clerical Medical has launched an adviser guide on concurrency rules which it says could help advisers and their clients tap into an extra £46bn of tax relief available since A-Day.

Norwich Union has extended the deadline for its closure to new pension and annuity business in the Channel Islands and Isle of Man until June.