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.

A pensions firm's co-founder has predicted chaos if Scots vote for independence and says everyone in the financial services industry is keeping their fingers crossed that it does not happen.

Advisers are deeply concerned at how Government tinkering with pension reform legislation is affecting their ability to help clients, a Sipps firm has reported.

An organisation which represents schemes providing pensions for over 17 million people has labelled the new options for retirees arising from the Budget reforms as "baffling".

There was a 46% rise in the number of complaints about Sipps made to The Pensions Advisory Service in the last year.

A sipp firm has undertaken research, which suggests that awareness of Sipps among young people has risen significantly since the Budget in March.