News

In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

In this week's quick-fire Retirement Planner poll we ask: Should pensions wake-up packs be replaced with a 'pensions passport'?

Advice firm Almary Green has reached its 50-staff milestone after recruiting 13 new members since January, including two advisers.

Old Mutual Global Investors' Ashton Bradbury is to retire from the group at the end of the year.

Receiving a letter from the ombudsman saying a customer has made a complaint does not mean a case has been opened, the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has advised.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Barclays a record £38m for failing to adequately protect clients' custody assets worth £16.5bn.

A new advisory firm has landed a contract with benefit solutions business Next Jump, which will allow its site to be accessed by 2.4 million consumers.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) has elected Cathi Harrison, who founded outsourced paraplanning business Para-Sols five years ago, to its board of directors.

Labour should reverse the pension freedoms announced in the Budget 2014 if it wins the general election in May, a leftist think-tank has said.

Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched a multi-asset flexible drawdown product in a bid to help fill the void created by the Budget freedoms.