Retirement

Lifetime mortgage rates have fallen significantly over the past five years and present an opportunity for existing customers to switch to lower interest rates, research finds.

Pension savers who do not take advice are more likely to lack retirement planning knowledge and be £200 a month worse off, according to research.

RETIREMENT

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for benefits such as free television licences, winter fuel payments and bus passes to be taken away from wealthy pensioners.

Fiona Murphy asks whether SIPP clients and advisers are restricted by a drawdown loophole

Aegon has launched its corporate platform with a promise to reimburse 50% of employer contributions for the first three months.

The number of flexible drawdown investors could rise in 2013 when the top rate of tax is cut to 45%.

Fiona Murphy goes through this month's Inquiry on retiring abroad

Fiona Murphy looks at the growing interest in Islamic pension products and SIPP investments

Almost half a million people will retire over the next 30 years saddled with average mortgage debts topping £50,000, research suggests.