Budget 2014

As we enter the final day of The PA Debate 75% of you agree with Yellowtail's Dennis Hall that we cannot expect retirees to make informed financial decisions.

The PA Debate into whether retirees can be expected to make informed retirement decisions has entered the fourth day with closing arguments now available online...

In the first of four instalments of in-depth research into the retirement planning market Helen Morrissey looks at the challenges and opportunities facing advisers operating in this market.

"The Budget freedoms are not license for people to spend their retirement income unwisely" - so said Key Retirement Solutions' Billy Burrows when I interviewed him recently (see pages 4-5).

In the second part of Retirement Planner's auto-enrolment discussion, Helen Morrissey looks at whether current auto-enrolment contribution levels are enough to deliver decent retirement outcomes.

Tony Harris looks at the factors behind self-employed people's reluctance to pay into pensions.

Andrew Tully takes a look at the implications of the recent Budget for the industry.

At the end of day one of The Professional Adviser Debate readers voted overwhelmingly against the motion that retirees can be expected to make informed decisions following the recent Budget changes.

In this inaugural Professional Adviser Debate, we ask, simply, can we trust the public with their pensions? Have your say...

Savers care greatly about building up retirement income but feel ‘disconnected' from the current pensions system and need greater support from providers, research has found.