Recent news of the revival of a Pensions Commission was music to my ears.

There have been some fluctuations in recent years but overall divorce rates in the UK have been in decline since the 1990s.

As you might know from my previous columns on SIPPs Professional, I am, and have been for some time, a huge advocate for Small Self-Administered Schemes (SSAS).

Ever since “tax-free cash” changed its official name to “pension commencement lump sum” back in 2006 there have been pre-Budget rumours that it was going to change – and not for the better.

The FSCS has declared a Scottish adviser firm in default after it appeared that insurance premiums, and potentially investment contributions, were not being passed on to providers.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the data regulator, has fined outsourcing business Capita £14m for failing to protect the security of 6.6m pension savers’ records.