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Axa Wealth's Corporate Investment Services business is increasing the investment universe for employee benefits consultants by adding exchange traded funds (ETFs) to its bespoke Investment Only offering.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has dismissed concerns that retirement freedoms announced in the Budget do not work alongside the government's collective defined contribution (CDC) plans.

Government plans to overhaul the retirement process could increase the threat of pensions liberation fraud by overstretching administrators, warns the Pensions Administration Standards Association (PASA).

Higher rate taxpayers who do not pay into a pension scheme are missing out on a collective £225m in tax relief every year, according to data from Prudential.

Can we just pause for a moment? Reaction to the (latest) pensions upheaval

Legal & General (L&G) saw its individual annuity sales drop 40% in the first quarter of the year, with sales down from £406m in 2013 to £244m.

How the industry distinguishes between 'advice' and 'guidance' is at odds with how the public perceives financial services, argues Personal Finance Society (PFS) chief executive Keith Richards.

The ability for DC members to be able to take their pension as a cash lump sum could lead to a raft of requests from DB members to transfer to a DC arrangement. Helen Morrissey looks at the potential impact of such a move and asks how schemes should communicate...

In this week's Retirement Planner news round-up we highlight five key stories you might have missed over the past seven days.

Pensions Minister Steve Webb says he remains committed to defined ambition (DA) despite the Budget scrapping restrictions on how people take their pensions income at retirement.