Pensions

Tax-free lump sums at retirement gaining in popularity

54% of working age people plan to take advantage of rules which allow them...

New chair for the PLSA

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has announced that Richard Butcher will become...

L&G makes key PRT hire

Pretty Sagoo has been appointed as head of the strategic business within Legal &...

Family putting squeeze on retirement incomes

34% of people planning to retire this year are financially supporting family members, contributing...

Wealth hit by later life cohabiting

People over pension age are the fastest growing group of cohabitees, according to new...

Retirement saving worries risk to mental health

Research released as part of Mental Health Awareness Week (8-14 May 2017) by Scottish...

Divorcees face 16% less in retirement income

Prudential has reported that divorcees planning to retire this year expect annual retirement incomes...

Housing wealth to fill gap left by pension income

A new report from the Equity Release Council has said that wealth accumulated by...

Self-employed exposed by ‘virtual’ pension planning

Research studying the retirement plans of the self-employed has found that the UK lags behind most of...

SME owners facing retirement time bomb

Financial advisers need to step up their game to help small business owners avoid...

Pension change awareness weakest amongst the young

Today marks the anniversary of both the new state pension and the new pension freedoms....

Growing engagement in pension planning

Tomorrow (6 April) will mark two years since the introduction of the pension freedoms....

Many retirees “reacting positively” to pension freedoms

Almost two years from the introduction of so-called 'pension freedoms', research by retirement specialist Age...

Poor understanding of financial advice hitting retirees

LV= has claimed that a worrying number of consumers aged over 55 are not planning...
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COMMENT

Comment

Beyond the Robo-Adviser: why the future of mortgages is ‘Human Plus’

The fintech industry is obsessing over a binary choice: the traditional human broker or the fully automated 'robo-adviser'. But as we navigate the complexities...

Ceasefire boosts sentiment more than mortgage market

What goes up must come down, but for mortgage rates the drop will be notably more gradual than the sharp increase triggered by the...

A surge today, but what comes next for advisers and conveyancing?

March has provided a very clear example of how quickly this market can move when lenders feel the need to take action, with widespread...

Technology adapts so you don’t have to

20 years ago, many brokerages looked and operated in very similar ways. Typically small, local business, many firms focused solely on standard residential mortgage...

Rental barometer shows strength, but March changes the tone

Looking at our recently published Q1 2026 Rental Barometer data in isolation, there is clearly a strong and positive story to tell. Average rental...

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