Countdown to 6 April: The line up in The Great Pension Reforms Race
Providers who have cut drawdown charges in the run-up to April 6 to "grab market share" will revisit their decisions in the months to come, suggested LV=.
Standard Life will scrap charges linked to its flexible drawdown product in readiness for pensions freedom from 6 April.
Standard Life has reported modest growth in its UK business for 2014, with profits before costs up nearly 6% during the year, driven by demand for the life company's auto-enrolment workplace pensions.
Advisers have reacted to Standard Life's return to advice with a mix of indifference and a sense of history repeating itself
David Ferguson on Standard Life's move into advice
Standard Life has declared its intention to build a major national financial advice business by agreeing to acquire wealth management firm Pearson Jones from Skipton Building Society.
Why 2015 isn’t letting this strategist sleep easy
Standard Life Wrap has partnered with eight discretionary firms in a bid to enhance the service it offers advisers facing up to pension freedom challenges.
South-African firm Fundhouse has launched a fund ratings service for UK financial advisers, offering what it says are wholly unbiased and impartial comments on well-known funds.