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Access to free advice and guidance on pensions

Access to free advice and guidance on pensions

From April 2015, around 320,000 individuals retiring each year with defined contribution pension savings will be able to access them as they wish, subject to their marginal rate of tax. People who wis ...
Bleak picture of retirement income

Bleak picture of retirement income

Nigel Waterson, chairman of the Equity Release Council, comments on the latest DWP data on workplace pension participation and savings trends: “These figures paint a bleak picture of retirement income ...

The plight of Equitable Life pensioners

Many pensioners like me who invested their life savings in pensions with Equitable Life. Due to lack of control by the FSA the firm went bust and we lost most of our pensions. Before the last election ...