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'Next April could herald PPI style scandal for pensions'
The pension reforms risk creating another PPI-style scandal, a financial services firm's founder says.
Risk for retirees' future posed by returning children
The increasing number of adult children living with their mum and dad could be sapping their parents' savings and affecting their plans for retirement, a think tank has warned.
'New retirement body needed to secure long term future for pensions'
An independent retirement savings commission should be created to put the long term interests of savers at the heart of pensions policy, according to The National Association of Pension Funds.
Auto-enrolment earnings trigger may be frozen
Firm slams 'dangerous' pension and bank account analogy
Turning pensions into something beginning to resemble bank accounts is "dangerous and misleading", according to a pensions firm, following more reforms announced by the Government.
'Advisers need to protect clients from themselves over pensions'
The job of advisers will be to "protect people from themselves" in the new era of pensions being ushered in from April, Partnership's chief executive says.
Retirement age plans are "flawed"
Government plans to raise the retirement age by up to six months per year are "flawed" but should be a "wake up call," says the head of a global financial advisory organisation.
Pensions death tax axe impact limited, Sipp firm analysis shows
Analysis of the latest mortality data has shown how limited the impact of scrapping the pensions death tax will be, according to a Sipp provider.
Parts of UK failing most to plan for retirement revealed
Retirees in parts of England face being £120 or more short of what they need every week, a report has found, with residents in Greater London, the south west and east of England most unprepared financially for life after work.
Ombudsman upholds complaint which started with a Sipp
A complaint about a pension firm's failings, which began when a transfer to a Sipp was made, has been upheld by the Pensions Ombudsman.