Pension

The majority of advisers have turned clients away in the last year, mainly because they were concerned the advice was too expensive, research from the Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) suggested.

Rewriting the rules on retirement planning

Provider Friends Life has set out its proposal for reform of the pension tax relief system to "introduce fairness" to the system and incentivise people to save.

Why providers must not respond with a flurry of new products

The Association of British Insurers (ABI) has appointed Yvonne Braun to head up the trade body's long term savings policy, which will include how the industry deals with the incoming pension reforms.

Complaints about pensions dealt with by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have fallen markedly year on year, figures show, with the impending changes to legislation cited as a possible explanation for the drop.

The Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has awarded a pension fund member £500 after he suffered "a loss of expectation" over the amount of his pension.

Three things that changed advice forever in 2014

Can it be funded by pension savings?

A focused advice market can and will develop off the back of the government mandated guidance guarantee, delegates at the Personal Finance Society (PFS) Conference heard.