Retirement

New staff in the private sector face "next to no chance" of joining a final-salary pension scheme, according to the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), after a survey suggested the closure of such schemes is accelerating.

Advice to opt out of state earnings-related pension schemes (SERPs) tops the list of complaints at claims management firm Open Resolution.

Solvency II could have ‘huge implications' for annuity customers with rates likely to fall by up to 20% if insurers are forced to hold greater reserves, Deloitte warns.

Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Dentons has revealed some of the investments it has turned down in the last 12 months.

The Professional Adviser ‘Personality of the Year' award is going to be hotly contested this year between no less than seven nominations.

Andrea Rozario, director general of The Equity Release Council, has chosen to step down from her role at the end of February to pursue new challenges.

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Drawdown customers and their advisers must be aware that despite the 20% uplift being restored, their pension might not increase for a year, Skandia warns.

Government must make the growing numbers of unemployed over-50s ‘a priority' as the state pension age rises, according to Age UK.