Stephen Lowe

Pensions

Pension freedom withdrawals hit record £2.3bn in Q2

£19.7bn withdrawn since pension freedoms

clock 31 July 2018 • 2 min read

Your profession

Advisers could earn £1,700 'introducer fees' with Just Group service

'Typical' £1,755 referral fee

clock 23 July 2018 • 1 min read

Income

Failure to legislate for default pension guidance 'leaves bitter taste'

Bill nearing final stages

clock 25 April 2018 • 2 min read

Retirement

People more likely to 'trust John Lewis than financial advisers'

Annuities least trusted product

clock 06 February 2018 • 3 min read

Retirement

Pension freedom payouts hit £1.6bn in Q3

Just under 200,000 people accessed their retirement savings using pension freedom in the third quarter of the year, HM Revenue & Customs figures have revealed.

clock 25 October 2017 • 2 min read

Retirement

Retired couples face £5k gap on state pension shortfall day

Expenditure outstrips state pension

clock 05 October 2017 • 1 min read

Retirement

'Hundreds of thousands' dipping into pension pots to pay mortgage

Many expecting to make repayments beyond age 70

clock 31 July 2017 • 2 min read

Retirement

Stephen Lowe: Is it time to retire the pension 'f-word'?

Regime is in limbo

clock 06 April 2017 • 3 min read

Pensions

£570m of equity release lending in Q3 highest on record

Up 26% year-on-year

clock 02 November 2016 • 2 min read

Long Term Care

Advisers overlooked in care planning, research

Study identifies need for council referrals to IFAs

clock 03 October 2016 • 2 min read