Prudential

What questions should clients be asking their advisers about pension charges following recent media debate?

Two out of five people would be willing to complete online fact-finds before meeting with an adviser if that would reduce the cost of advice, according Prudential.

A quarter of higher rate taxpayers are missing out on pension tax relief as they shun the product, Prudential research has found.

M&G reported a 53% rise in net investment flows in the first half of the year, with retail investors driving the £4.3bn of flows.

A boost in individual annuities and with-profits bonds sales helped Prudential UK maintain new business levels in the first half of this year, despite a significant decrease in corporate pensions volumes.

A new website called The Retirement Academy has been launched to help advisers with retirement queries and research in the approach to RDR.

Britons' expectations of income in retirement are lower today than they were two years ago according to CoreData research.

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More than half higher rate taxpayers are failing to claim full 40% tax relief on their pension contributions, research commissioned by Prudential has found.

Fiona Murphy asks what the increasing move to underwritten annuities will mean for the market