Simon Foster has been appointed chief executive of Barnett Waddingham SIPP taking over from Julia Bassett who had held the position for 13 years.

The FCA is to launch a comprehensive thematic review of retirement income advice.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared five pension advice firms as failed this week - four of them for pension transfer advice complaints.

The FCA has warned that scammers may be targeting victims of the collapsed SIPP and SSAS provider Hartley Pensions.

Shortly before Christmas the IFS released its report 'Death and taxes and pensions', with the headline view that taxation of pensions on death was far too generous.