Pensions

Retirement finances of comfortable households less hit by Covid

LV= has studied how the finances of the UK’s households have been affected by...

Covid-19 to delay 1.5m workers’ retirements

1.5 million workers aged 50+ say they will delay their retirement as a direct...

Momentum adopts e-signatures

Momentum Pensions is now accepting electronic signatures for all its pension and investment forms...

New retirement report highlights problems of changing housing market

The Pensions Policy Institute has warned that increased renting could see future pensioners struggle...

Sizeable proportion of pensioners staggering retirement

A number of pensioners are opting for a staggered retirement and working part-time before...

Brits nervous about their finance futures

Fewer than one in 10 people are very confident they will be comfortable when...

Female entrepreneurs fail to save for retirement

The number of female entrepreneurs in the UK has reached an all-time high at...

Scottish Friendly completes “landmark” book acquisition

Scottish Friendly has completed its acquisition of life and pensions policies from Canada Life. The...

Pension withdrawal for buy-to-let could cost thousands

Savers should consult an adviser before raiding their pension to purchase property, Royal London...

Pension-led Funding joins FIBA lender panel

The Financial Intermediary and Brokers Association (FIBA) has announced the appointment of Pension-led Funding,...

L&G inks introducer deal with Prudential

Legal & General’s Retail Retirement division has signed a new introducer agreement with Prudential. ...

Legal & General acquires pension pot tracing business

Legal & General Retail Retirement (LGRR) has purchased a 100% stake in Finovation Limited,...

Property prioritised over pensions by young people

Almost 3.8m people aged 22-29 are saving below the recommended level for a comfortable...

Multi-retiree families to exceed one million in next 20 years

The number of families with multiple generations in retirement at the same time will...

COMMENT

Working up those income streams

Some might say the UK labour market has lost some of its confidence. Unemployment is rising, job moves have slowed, and many employers are...

Ignore the Gen Z worker stereotypes – the future is bright

The office fridge. Full of 12 types of milk, none derived from cows, and four on the work top, at room temperature. As for...

Reframe Cancer 2026 trends: prevention to take centre stage

This year is already shaping up to be one when prevention is taking centre stage. The Government recently announced the expansion of its WorkWell...

The mortgage protection gap advisers can’t ignore

The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) consumer research findings published late last year, offered an insight into what the protection industry can expect from the...

Cashback, remortgages and adviser opportunity in 2026

A recent flood of mortgage products into the market offering cashback prove it has moved from the margins of the remortgage market to the...

Latest news

The Coventry cuts selected intermediary residential fixed rates

Coventry for intermediaries has reduced a number of residential fixed-rate products for new and...

Mortgage Advice Bureau completes acquisition of Dashly

Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has completed the acquisition of technology and data company Dashly,...

The Buckinghamshire lowers rates across key ranges

Buckinghamshire Building Society has cut rates across a wide spread of residential and buy-to-let...

FCA finds protection market delivering good outcomes, says TPFG

The Property Franchise Group PLC (TPFG) has responded to the publication of the Financial...

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