Summer series continues
The removal of restrictions on protected rights brings both increased flexibility and risk to the annuity advice market.
Martin Tilley, director of technical services at Dentons Pension Management, looks at the pros and cons of flexible drawdown, particularly for clients with larger funds.
Andy McCabe, managing director of Selectapension, reveals the biggest trends among advisers when it comes to picking pension products.
SIPP provider Suffolk Life will hold its fees at 2009 levels for 2011.
Mike Morrison assesses the latest raft of proposed pension reforms
The Consumer Panel has hit out at the regulator for not demanding firms directly contact up to 120,000 people potentially mis-sold in contracting out of the State Second Pension (SERPS/S2P).
The FSA says it has found no evidence of widespread mis-selling following its investigation into the sales of policies used to contract out the State Second Pension (S2P).
The FSA has set another precedent which suggests retrospective regulatory action could be looming over the heads of financial advisers yet again, and has done so on the back of research which doesn't reflect the UK population.