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Aviva has launched an additional two pension levels on its platform to sit alongside its current self-invested personal pension (SIPP) business.

More than two fifths (41%) of advisers believe that one of the main challenges to their preparedness for the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) is communicating the changes to clients, according to research released today.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has set out its proposals for the design of pensions minister Steve Webb's flagship defined ambition (DA) pension system.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) plans to increase the minimum capital held by self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers from £5,000 to £20,000.

The government may need to compel people to undertake long-term savings because it cannot afford to support those who do not save adequately on their own, a think-tank report says.

Hopes were rising in Brussels that an unlikely deal with the UK over the EU's long-term budget was taking shape, although the chief negotiator was trying to resolve a deluge of last-minute complaints from other countries on the eve of what could be a...

Owners who leave their properties in Cornwall empty for more than two years will have to pay 150% of their council tax bill, while discounts for second home owners have been scrapped.

Young people in Britain are saving nearly one fifth of their monthly disposable income, which is more than any other age group - but only 12% are using this money to save for retirement, according to research by asset manager BlackRock.

Morningstar has revealed how it intends to present past fund performance post-RDR, following the introduction of new ‘clean' share classes.

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