Investment

Sterling has fallen after the Bank of England downgraded its growth forecasts for the UK economy while indicating it could start to raise interest rates in mid-2016.

Just Retirement and Partnership have seen sales of individual annuities collapse in the months running up to the introduction of the pension freedoms.

PP looks at the investment products rolled out in response to the Budget changes and charge cap

Defined benefit (DB) schemes are seeing little reduction in their size of deficit or length of recovery plan according to figures published by The Pensions Regulator.

Total deficits of defined benefit (DB) schemes in the Pension Protection Fund's (PPF) 7800 index fell 17% in April.

The UK's first sterling bond linked to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been issued to help finance the building of a tube link in London.

PP analyses responses to the FCA's consultation on transaction costs

Equity markets began to share the pain of a sharp sell-off in European sovereign debt yesterday, with the FTSE 100 dropping 1.7% in early trading and bond yields spiking once more.

Half of advisers refuse to implement pension transfers out of defined benefit (DB) schemes amid worries the regulator would hold them to account further down the line, according to research.

Three quarters of defined benefit (DB) schemes intend to provide transfer quotes to members as part of their standard retirement process, research finds.