Law and Regulation

Insurers are expected to offer income drawdown for schemes unwilling to offer the full range of retirement income options to members.

Pension funds could have been cheated out of millions of pounds by manipulation of the £3trn foreign exchange (FX) markets, warns Mark Taylor, dean of Warwick Business School.

The government has slashed the incremental increase to the state pension offered to workers who delay their retirement.

Retirees could find it difficult to access regulated financial advice when considering defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) transfers according to Punter Southall.

50% of Aussies spend pension cash by age 70. Will we follow?

SPC president Duncan Buchanan identifies three potential problems

HM Treasury is set to change tax rules in a bid to help providers develop new retirement income products that better meet the evolving needs of members.

Trustees will be allowed to override scheme rules to follow tax rules in order to ensure individuals have flexible access to their savings.

The government is set to restrict pensions tax relief for the over 55s in a bid to stop the "exploitation" of new tax freedoms.

Helen Morrissey looks at the implications of the Treasury announcement on transfers