pensions

Vanguard Asset Management is to expand its range of passive products for the retirement market after the introduction of pension freedoms detailed in this year's Budget.

The regulator has encouraged people to seek independent financial advice if approached about investing their pension, as it warned of a rise in potential scams ahead of April's pensions freedoms.

The government is considering making regulated financial advice a requirement for people looking to sell their annuity contracts, Budget documents reveal.

Lifetime allowance cut is tax grab with both hands

The lifetime pension saving allowance has been cut from £1.25m to £1m in the Budget today.

Will pension reforms be a damp squib for fund groups?

The number of platforms targeting advisory firms is likely to halve after 2017, according to Standard Life's David Tiller.

Pensions fit?

An industry initiative managed by the Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) has called on the regulator to agree on a ‘common sense' standard for the delivery of guidance to consumers.

A look back at investment trends over the past 30 years highlights a number of key events which significantly affected investors' behaviour.