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A new directory of regulated financial advisers aimed at helping retirees following the pensions and annuities revolution has been given the green light.

Barnett Waddingham has purchased Harsant Pensions for an undisclosed figure, in a deal which will see the firm add more than 400 Sipp and 70 SSAS clients to its existing book of business.

More people would find it easier to explain the existence of ghosts and detail the offside rule than would be able to describe annuities and pensions.

A move by the Government designed to boost savers' pension funds by cutting down on 'excessive' charges may hit companies' incomes by £1bn – five times more than previously suggested.

Nearly eight out of ten adults back auto-enrolment and believe it is a good policy, a survey has suggested.

The gap between the best and worst annuity rates is widening, according to new analysis.

Wealth manager St James Place says that pension reforms will create retirement opportunities but retirees will need ongoing advice to avoid running out of money in retirement.

The Pensions Regulator should be given the power to remove websites that are suspected of pension liberation, a pensions firm says.

About 20.5 million people may be planning to rely exclusively on a state pension to help fund their retirement, fresh estimates have suggested.

The total UK 'at retirement' market has been forecast to more than triple in size in the next 10 years, with annuity sales still high despite taking a hit in 2014.