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Treasury issues OMO ultimatum to insurers

Retirement Planner| 26 Aug 2010 | 08:00

The coalition government has issued an ultimatum to the Association of British Insurers over its opposition to the open market option, RP understands.

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Improvements in OMO could generate £3.3bn extra income

Retirement Planner| 30 Jul 2010 | 10:40

Improvements in the open market option(OMO) process could help pensioners gain £3.3bn in extra income by 2030, according to research by the Pensions Income Choice Association (PICA).

Default retirement age could be scrapped by October 2011

Retirement Planner| 29 Jul 2010 | 11:57

The government is proposing to scrap the default retirement age of 65 by October next year, it today confirmed.

Features

The changing face of retirement

Retirement Planner| 26 Aug 2010 | 08:00

The launch of Sun Life Financial of Canada’s Unretirement Index has shown a distinct lack of confidence in the UK’s retirement provision. Mark Stopard looks at why this is the case

The whole story

Retirement Planner| 26 Aug 2010 | 08:00

Jonathon Howard looks at how increasing longevity affects retirement investment strategies

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Have you seen Adviserhound.com yet?

IFAonline| 01 Sep 2010 | 15:20 | video

Incisive Media has officially launched Adviserhound.com, the industry’s first vertical search engine designed to cater for the day-to-day business needs of financial advisers.

Interactive Financial Adviser: Multi-Asset Investing

IFAonline| 02 Sep 2010 | 11:00

The first half of 2010 saw a deluge of multi-asset fund launches.

Interactive Financial Adviser: Income Drawdown

IFAonline| 06 Aug 2010 | 11:00

Income drawdown has long featured as a popular alternative to annuities for those who want to retain greater control of their retirement pot.

Mobius on frontier markets

IFAonline| 25 Aug 2010 | 10:49 | video

Emerging markets guru Mark Mobius explains the attraction of frontier markets.

Mobius on the outlook for emerging markets

IFAonline| 20 Aug 2010 | 16:41 | video

Mark Mobius believes emerging markets will grow at 6% this year and explains why derivatives, money supply and sovereign risk are the biggest threats to the world's burgeoning economies.

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Former PM Tony Blair launched his autobiography this week. Would the UK be better equipped to deal with the fallout from the financial crisis if he was still running the country?