Pensions

Auto-enrolment ad banned

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against Smart Pension Ltd, of 20 Eastbourne Terrace,...

Pension freedoms “now come with a big catch”

Change to the “money purchase annual allowance” means people must be far more certain...

FCA plans “annuity comparator”

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has revealed plans to force annuity providers to inform their customers...

Autumn Statement 2016: pensions changes

In the Autumn Statement the chancellor announced plans to reduce the amount people can...

Autumn Statement 2016: pensions consultation signalled

In today’s Autumn Statement, the chancellor addressed the issue of pensions cold-calling. Philip Hammond told the...

Huge rise in state pension forecast requests

In the six months after the launch of the new State Pension in April,...

Women lagging behind in retirement stakes

52% of women are now saving adequately for their retirement compared to 60% of...

Drawdown regrets “real threat” to pension freedoms

Savers who invested in drawdown products are unhappy with their choice while others admit...

Cap on early exit pension charges introduced

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced its final rules on capping early exit...

Scottish Widows announces fund refresh

Scottish Widows has made a number of changes to its fund range as part of its ‘Driving...

Savers increasingly tempted by non-guaranteed options

31% of retirement savers would consider transferring their guaranteed final salary pension benefits into cash...

‘Retirement reality check’ for younger workers

UK workers plan to give up work before they turn 62. However, they could...

Royal London backs cold-calling ban

A petition calling for a ban on cold-calling to sell pensions and investments has...

Prudential offers full service access via British Sign Language

Prudential has become the first UK retirement product provider to introduce a web-based video...
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2026 forecasts: St. James’s Place

Four senior figures at St. James’s Place outline themes, opportunities and concerns for 2026. JUSTIN ONUEKWUSI, CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Artificial intelligence is likely to remain a...

2026 forecasts: Atom bank

Chris Storey, chief commercial officer at Atom bank, provides his thoughts on the residential and commercial mortgage market as we head into the new...

“It’s Christmas time, there’s no need not to check your supplier list…”

With the Christmas holidays upon us, it’s fair to say that business issues might be slipping down the priority list just a little bit,...

FS25/6 and the execution-only irony brokers can’t ignore

Reading FCA FS25/6, it is difficult not to notice an uncomfortable irony in the regulator’s conclusions around execution-only sales. The paper rightly raises concerns about...

Less Autumn Budget and more Autumn Bodgit

After months of fevered speculation before the Budget residential property transactions juddered to a halt. I always suspected that as ‘confidence arrives on foot and...

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