Investment

The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) has fielded 500 pension fraud liberation calls since the start of the year and released a video warning on the dangers of accessing a pension pot early.

Pensioners take ‘the biggest gamble' of their lives when they buy an annuity to provide for their retirement.

Aviva's Personal Pension and Scottish Life's Pension Portfolio were the two most commonly selected pension contracts by financial advisers over the previous 12 months, according to research from Capita Financial Software (CFSL).

Opt-out rates averaged around 9% in the first six months of auto-enrolment (AE), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

Helen Morrissey looks at who has missed out on AE and what can be done to reach them

More workers in their 50s are choosing opt-out of automatic enrolment (AE) into workplace pension schemes than any other age group, according to official statistics.

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Higher rate pension tax relief has been described as being in "its final days" and of "minimal value from a social perspective" by one adviser.

National IFA and employee benefits consultancy LEBC Group (LEBC) has auto-enrolled its staff a year ahead of its staging date.

A fully digital independent advisory business has launched a 'pensions predictor' tool to provide clarity over the impact of pension charges.