Standard Life

Helen Morrissey asks whether the conversations she overhears on the train bode well

The insurance industry was bombarded by almost 230,000 calls from consumers in the days after the ‘freedom and choice' reforms took effect, the latest figures show.

Standard Life has revealed it took more than 3,000 calls in the three-and-a-half days after extra retirement flexibilities were introduced on 6 April.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has ordered Fidelity Investments and Towers Watson to compensate a scheme member who lost out due to a "needless delay" of his transfer request.

Investing through retirement while drawing down demands a different mindset to investing for accumulation, Natasha Browne hears

Standard Life has revealed who will serve on its Independent Governance Committee (IGC).

Natasha Browne looks at how schemes should prioritise the main reforms coming into effect on 6 April

Providers who have cut drawdown charges in the run-up to April 6 to "grab market share" will revisit their decisions in the months to come, suggested LV=.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has directed Standard Life to consider granting a transfer request to a suspected liberation vehicle.

Criminals are refocusing their attention on those aged 55 and over who will soon have access to the new pension freedoms and flexibilities, Standard Life says.