Budget

Retirement | 8 Sep 14

Five million people in the UK have said they do not plan to retire, in response to consumer research conducted by Baring Asset Management.

Products | 27 Aug 14

Amundi plans to become one of the first asset managers to launch an international fund in direct response to new thinking around the annuity needs of retirees, following the pension changes announced in the UK spring Budget this year.

Retirement | 18 Aug 14

Advisory firms are geared towards expansion in the build up to next years pension reforms, with over two thirds seeing an increased demand for advice since the plans were announced in Marchs Budget.

Products | 18 Aug 14

Prudential is to invest £50m a year into a host of “critical” new products as it attempts to consolidate a 42% drop in annuity sales resulting from the pension reforms in this year’s Budget.

United Kingdom | 4 Aug 14

Industry experts have labelled the Government “unrealistic” and “utopian” following recent FCA proposals to charge financial advisers a 30% levy in order to fund the guidance guarantee service announced in this year’s Budget.