A mother has been jailed after Scottish Widows tipped off fraud police over a £140,000 fake death claim.

A new report by the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK) has found that those who received financial advice in the 2001-2007 period accumulated significantly more "liquid financial assets and pension wealth" than their unadvised equivalent peers by 2012-14.



A Certified Financial Planner has spoken of the harrowing experience of having to delay her cancer treatment to protect her unborn child.

The ABI has disputed the FCA’s finding that accessing pension savings early has become 'the new norm'.

The Financial Conduct Authority has identified a number of pension areas where ‘intervention’ may be necessary following the introduction of the pension freedoms in April 2015.

According to new research from investment provider 7IM people now expect to work an extra 5 years to provide a “comfortable” retirement for themselves.

The Financial Conduct Authority has identified a number of pension areas where ‘intervention’ may be necessary following the introduction of the pension freedoms in April 2015.

The regulator today published the interim findings of its Retirement Outcomes Review which was launched in July 2016. It is the first major study into how the retirement income market is changing since the pension freedoms.

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The FCA’s findings in its Retirement Outcomes Review are ‘disturbing’ and show ‘bonkers’ behaviour from savers, industry commentators said this morning.

Today’s FCA report on the retirement reforms “looks like a regulatory cry for help”, a pensions expert says.

The Financial Conduct Authority has identified a number of pension areas where ‘intervention’ may be necessary following the introduction of the pension freedoms in April 2015.