Investment

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Should compulsory annuity broking be a legal requirement?

Standard Life's sales of long term savings products increased significantly in the first nine months of the year on the back of auto-enrolment.

Pension provider Aegon has warned the government not to act rashly on auto-enrolment scheme charges, saying an outright cap may harm the policy.

Ministers have outlined the options being put forward to implement a ban on pension scheme charges above 1%.

ARMCHAIR CRITIC

State pension reforms will result in a considerable drop in the number of people eligible for means-tested Pensions Credit in the coming decades.

More than half of consumers believe they would benefit from seeking financial advice, according to a report out today.

At Retirement Choices (ARC), the investment platform soft launched two years ago by provider Aegon, has gained more than £1bn assets under management.

FIVE THINGS

Britains's embattled long-term savings industry will get a rare boost on Tuesday when figures from the Pension Protection Fund show that the rescue scheme for workers at collapsed companies has increased its assets.