Retirement

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Should money spent on 'wake up packs' be used instead on providing retirees with a 15 minute conversation with a retirement expert?

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

Nick Elphick looks at how retirement plans will need to adapt to increasing longevity.

More than one in ten retiring Brits spend less than an hour sorting out their financial future, research suggests.

The at-retirement market presents significant growth opportunities for advisers and providers according to research from Dunstan Thomas.

DECUMULATION

Defaqto has warned that advisers relying on the 120% capped drawdown limit could be jeopardising their clients' safe retirement.

The lack of advice tools to help create suitable options for clients in the de-cummulation phase is threatening to create problems and could "permanently destroy wealth", a consultancy has warned.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has launched the first comprehensive review of the UK's retirement needs.