Pensions

Will Britons will have to work 10 years longer?

British men have not saved enough to pay for 10.3 years of their retirement....

Pension-led funding offers business growth to older entrepreneurs: report

The two million small business owners in the UK aged over 50 could access...

Protection and life sales down but equity release up at LV=

LV= has reported operating profit of £136 million for 2018, up £2m on the...

Legal & General unveils “unique” adviser service

Legal & General has announced the launch of Track My Apps, a new tracking...

SME owners planning employee benefit expansion

New research from MetLife UK has found that SME bosses are planning to increase...

The importance of getting the Pensions Dashboard right

The responses to the Pensions Dashboard consultation and some of the subsequent social media...

FCA sees results from pension scam awareness campaign

The number of people seeking information about pension scams has risen sharply since the...

‘Retirement income riddle’ for older people

New research by Legal & General and Demos has revealed that older people in...

Lack of awareness over pension tax implications

Latest research by Legal & General has found that more than one in four...

Housing wealth to finance retirement

Who should use housing wealth in retirement? That, unfortunately, is not the right question...

Aviva CEO steps down

Mark Wilson is to leave his position as chief executive officer of Aviva plc. Wilson...

What does auto-enrolment mean for later life advisers?

Every employer now has a pension scheme. Thanks to auto-enrolment, which was introduced in...

Millennials trading lower retirement income for home ownership dream

New research from Prudential has found that millennials are chasing the home ownership dream...

Major knowledge gap around annuities

New research from Primetime Retirement, has revealed that 53% of advisers surveyed say their...

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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