Opinion

‘The risks can be particularly serious where significant wealth is involved’

'My first hope for pensions under Burnham is stability and medium-term planning'

'Retirement planning is not about choosing one solution over another but finding the right balance between them'

The editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 17 July

The direction of travel is clear

'Good quality annuity files tend to have one thing in common: robust fact‑finding'

Regulatory simplification vs expanding oversight

Not exactly straightforward

'These measures fail to recognise that cash is used intentionally by savers as a strategic asset'

'Most advisers, it seems, are tolerating data delivery from platforms and pension providers'