Retirement
Retirement | 17 Jul 18
Pension freedoms pioneering spirit is at risk
With what clients think is fair to pay firmly at odds with the risks IFAs now associate with advising on pension transfers, have the pensions freedoms lost their way?
Pensions cold calling ban kicked further down the road
As the Trump cavalcade roars across Britain, the UK government has quietly announced that a planned ban on pensions cold calling has been further delayed.
Investment fraudsters steal £51m in three months
Scammers are showing an increased appetite for ripping off unsuspecting UK consumers after £51m was stolen in the first three months of 2018/19, figures from the City of London Police reveal.
Retirement | 12 Jul 18
High court approves Royal London’s ‘substantial’ cash offer
Royal London policyholders will be receiving offers for their guaranteed annual return pension schemes after the UK High Court, in principle, signed off on the provider’s plan to cash out savers.
High-risk pension quartet banned for 21 years
Four trustee directors behind a high-risk UK pension scheme have been banned following an Insolvency Service probe.