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The lifetime allowance "has outlived its usefulness" and should be scrapped as part of a wider overhaul of pension taxation, Tom McPhail has said.

Five unintended consequences of pensions freedom

Advisers are not asking the right questions when doing due diligence on discretionary fund managers (DFM), one such firm has said, in response to criticism it is "impossible" to compare their costs and services.

Advisers are being exposed to accusations of negligent advice by the regulator because comparing charges for the most common outsourced investment options - multi-manager (MM) and discretionary fund managers (DFMs) - is "impossible", according to a damning...

Investors wishing to move from direct-to-consumer to adviser platforms face "punitive" exit fees, according to analysis by the lang cat.

With the FCA's multiple spotlights converging on investment suitability, advisers are being invited to have their questions answered...

The Fastrak to efficiency?

Discretionary fund managers are failing their customers by adopting opaque and expensive charging structures, according to a damning report.

'It's like everyone's over the mental fug of RDR and is ready to hold the industry to account..'.

Aegon's decision to introduce price caps on the Retirement Choices wrap and the One Retirement SIPP is "potentially game changing", according to platform consultancy the lang cat.