Retirement Planner

RP Poll: Do we need a nationalised annuity brokerage service?

Retirement Planner | 08 Feb 2012 | 12:01

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: NAPF has proposed the government create a nationalised annuity brokerage system to ensure retirees use the OMO. Do you think government intervention would be a good thing?

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Three things we learned this week

Retirement Planner’s round-up of the top pension stories this week.

Retirement Planner | 08 Feb 2012 | 10:46
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Discretionary management: Will RDR bring growth?

Mark Hendricks asks what discretionary managers bring to a retirement planning strategy.

Retirement Planner | 08 Feb 2012 | 10:44

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Should we have more time to prepare for fixed protection?

Andy Zanelli asks whether the deadline for fixed protection needs to be amended

Retirement Planner | 08 Feb 2012 | 10:33
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RP poll: Are employers interested in NEST?

In this week’s Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Do you think employers are interested in using low cost pensions such as NEST as part of their pension provision post auto-enrolment?

Retirement Planner | 01 Feb 2012 | 12:11
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Three things we learned this week

Retirement Planner's round-up of the week's top pension stories.

Retirement Planner | 01 Feb 2012 | 11:58
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Q-day could enable banks to enter QROPS space

Retail banks could come into the QROPS market as legislation removes complexity, according to Rex Cowley, consultant for The Overseas Pension.

Retirement Planner | 27 Jan 2012 | 13:14
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No charges for ineligible pension schemes post Q-Day

QROPS that fail to take up proposed rule changes will not be hit by hefty member charges, according to David Higgins, technical expert director for Fairbairn’s at Overseas Pensions.

Retirement Planner | 26 Jan 2012 | 13:47
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Financial services are not responding to care crisis

Andrew Dilnot’s call for financial services to engage in long-term care funding is not being given any stimulus according to Partnership managing director for care, Chris Horlick.

Retirement Planner | 25 Jan 2012 | 16:42
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Three things we learned this week

Retirement Planner’s round-up of the top pension stories this week.

Retirement Planner | 25 Jan 2012 | 10:23
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RP Poll: Will great SIPP market consolidation happen this year?

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: The possibility of SIPP provider consolidation has fuelled industry chatter for many years but will we finally see it happen in 2012, as Suffolk Life predict?

Retirement Planner | 25 Jan 2012 | 10:21
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SIPP market consolidation is inevitable in 2012 says Suffolk Life

Large-scale SIPP provider mergers are likely throughout this year as many will not have the assets required if capital adequacy requirements are increased, according to Suffolk Life.

Retirement Planner | 24 Jan 2012 | 12:44
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Equity release increases lending and sales in 2011

In 2011 the equity release market enjoyed the first annual rise in both total lending and plan sales since 2007 according to Key Retirement Solutions.

Retirement Planner | 23 Jan 2012 | 13:00

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