Henry Tapper says it is charges not contributions that are in a race to the bottom.
Broadstone Pensions and Investments has appointed Martyn Laverick as private client sales and marketing director.
Alliance Trust Savings has appointed Patrick Mill as managing director.
Jack Jones examines an underwhelmed industry's response to the DWP’s plans on small pots.
The Pensions Management Institute has launched a diploma in regulated retirement advice for advisers affected by the retail distribution review.
Operating profits across the UK units of Standard Life fell last year due to a fall in income and higher acquisition expenses.
The Pensions Management Institute will be switching tack over the course of 2012 in response to the changing nature of the pensions industry.
The Financial Services Authority has confirmed that it is ‘minded to accredit' the Pension Management Institute under the new regulatory regime introduced by the Retail Distribution Review.
The retail distribution review will "ratchet up" the professionalism of financial advisers, according to the Financial Service Authority's head of investment policy Peter Smith.
Pensions administrators should be able to give guidance to scheme members without fear of breaching financial advice regulations, the Pensions Administration Standards Authority argues.