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One in four consumers ask friends and family for advice on pensions

New research¹ from Baring Asset Management (Barings), the investment manager, has found that significantly more people are turning to friends or family for advice on their pensions while the number of people turning to financial advisers remains flat.

Employees failing to keep track of company pension schemes

Over 75 per cent of workers have no idea how much their company pensions are worth, according to Prudential.

Suffolk Life holding seminars to explain Sipps complexities

Sipp provider Suffolk Life is holding a series of seminars nationwide to help financial advisers understand Sipps.

Xafinity cuts set-up rates for SimplySipp product

Pension provider Xafinity has cut its SimplySipp full set-up fee by £100 to just £150 plus VAT per client.

Mattioli Woods sees strong increase in revenue and assets

Sipp provider Mattioli Woods has seen its revenue increase by 33 per cent to £20.5m, up from £15.4m in 2011.

Pension top-up could help higher taxpayers avoid child benefit cut

Prudential says that one in six high earners can expect to see their child benefit payments reduced under new rules and an estimated 36,000 taxpayers could increase their pension savings to avoid the new tax.