Next week our new Chancellor, just weeks into the job, will attempt, to sort out some of the mess which befuddles the UK pensions landscape. I’m not hopeful.

Debate is raging about fees and will continue to rage, I suspect, because there is simply no right or wrong answer.

The FCA is to scrutinise the harm to consumers from advisers who levy ‘excessive fees and charges.’

More than four in five investors (84%) under-estimate the cost of investing and 13% are completely in the dark about the fees they pay, according to a new study by a Financial Planning-based wealth adviser.