The Pensions Ombudsman has ruled in favour of Standard Life after an investor complained the commission on his self-invested personal pension (SIPP) was not properly explained to him.
Colin Batchelor, head of pensions technical at Legal & General Savings, explains how to protect your clients’ pension pots from the upcoming lifetime allowance reduction.
Tony Hales, managing director of Stadia Trustees, looks at where SIPP investors have put their money since the start of the year.
Mark Hendricks asks what discretionary managers bring to a retirement planning strategy.
The FSA is cracking down on unsuitable investments in SIPPs, but SSAS could be the new target for unscrupulous salesmen. Rachel Dalton reports.
Martin Tilley, director of technical services at Dentons, discusses the pros and cons of scheme pension...
In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Do you think employers are interested in using low cost pensions such as NEST as part of their pension provision post auto-enrolment?
Questions have been raised over pension provider Rockingham Group Plc, after a first strike-off notice from Companies House was posted in January.
Fixed term annuity (FTA) provider Living Time will relaunch as Primetime Retirement in Q1 this year.
Charles Stanley has appointed product aggregator All My Plans (AMP) to assist in the launch of a direct-to-consumer (D2C) platform later this year.