There has been a significant rise in clients wanting to use a Sipp or SSAS to help fund the purchase of a new commercial property, a law firm has reported.

The Government should cough up the costs of the new retirement guidance service for the first year, a pensions firm believes.

An investigation by an influential group of MPs has commenced into automatic enrolment, taking account of the changed context arising from the Budget reforms.

Pension schemes should not rest easy from Scots voting no to independence, a Sipps firm warned this morning, as experts signalled they still see significant change on the horizon.

The last few weeks have been somewhat manic in the financial press.