Retirement

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and its successor bodies may not be able to prioritise pensions standards if regulation were moved to a single body, a top regulator has said.

Trevor Matthews, chief executive of Aviva UK, is to step down from the role.

CHICKEN OR EGG?

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is set to launch another crackdown on pension liberation schemes.

In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Should government do more to help drawdown savers?

Retirement Planner's round up of the top pension stories this week.

The government should do more to ‘ease the pain' suffered by drawdown pensioners, many of whom will not be helped by the 120% limit reinstatement until 2014, Standard Life has said.

Hargreaves Lansdown has set up a pension contribution calculator to help people work out their annual allowance and carry forward allocations.

The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) is looking to set up a tool on its website to help firms pick an adviser for employees approaching retirement.

Kate Brookes, IFA at Jones Hill, said she is feeling positive about the future after failing to hit a much anticipated "brick wall" on 1 January.