Pensions

One in seven to retire without pension this year

14% of people retiring in 2016 has made no provision for their retirement and will...

Young and middle earners positive about Lifetime ISA

The Skipton Building Society has found that middle and high earners are most likely...

Life & pensions sector to contribute more to FSCS

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will levy £337m in the financial year 2016/17,...

FCA consults over secondary annuity market

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation on its proposed rules and...

£400m in pensions used to fund businesses

Since the so-called 'pension freedoms' came into force a year ago, business owners aged...

Majority of advisers unhappy with retirement solutions

MetLife has found that only one in five advisers are satisfied with the current...

LV=: risk of pensions ‘mis-buying’ scandal

12 months on from the start of the so-called "pension freedoms", research from LV= reveals that...

People could outlive pension pots due to ‘bad’ data

Although Brits frequently say that if they retire at 65, they will enjoy a retirement...

BUDGET 2016: Lifetime ISAs introduced

The government is introducing a new Lifetime ISA for people under the age of...

Steve Webb sounds Help to Save warning

A former pensions minister has has warned that the government’s ‘help to save’ scheme...

Pension providers welcome FAMR report

There has been a largely positive response to today's publication of the Financial Advice Market...

Call for introduction of Help to Buy pensions

NFU Mutual has said that people struggling to get on the property ladder could...

Warning sounded over pension withdrawal for property investment

Portal Financial has revealed a significant increase in enquiries from people looking to access their...

“Inspiring and alarming” retirement study revealed

Expectations of retirement are changing, with 62% of today’s retirees feeling retirement is better...
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The money sitting in your back pocket that you keep forgetting to pick up

Let me give you a number. Almost half of UK mortgage holders would struggle to meet their payments within six months of losing their...

Smart Data can solve the UK’s homebuying bottleneck

For many of us, buying a home remains one of the most stressful and frustrating experiences we will ever undertake. Despite advances in digital banking,...

The 1.8 million problem nobody’s talking about

There's a number that should be keeping every mortgage firm owner awake right now. 1.8 million. That's how many fixed rate mortgages are expiring...

Lenders urged to do more as purchase market slows

High street lenders - including TSB, Lloyds, Santander, and NatWest - have all been reducing rates and making changes to their product ranges over...

The cost of knowing less

There is a particular kind of risk in financial services that rarely announces itself with drama. It does not arrive as a crisis event,...

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