Suffolk Life

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) property investors are being stopped from leaving their current provider due to expectedly high costs, Suffolk Life claims.

The advice community has had more than 12 months to grapple with new flexible drawdown rules. But will uptake surge?

Many people who have SIPPs already meet the minimum income requirement through other pensions such as historic final salary schemes. This can be a real benefit for those who need some extra income but want to preserve death benefits.

Each month we ask leading industry figures to answer one big question...

Fiona Murphy asks whether we will see a resurgence in SSAS schemes as a result of changing market conditions.

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Do you think employers are interested in using low cost pensions such as NEST as part of their pension provision post auto-enrolment?

SIPP and SSAS provider Dentons has launched a new self invested pension with a reduced establishment fee and fixed charging structure.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

Large-scale SIPP provider mergers are likely throughout this year as many will not have the assets required if capital adequacy requirements are increased, according to Suffolk Life.