MPs on the Commons Work and Pensions Committee have urged the Government to ban pension cold calls by June 2018 and to introduce compulsory consumer guidance before pension pots can be accessed.

Insurance industry pay out record £160m a day

Financial advisers are becoming more apprehensive about increased regulatory change, according to Canada Life’s latest research.

Proposed changes to income tax bands in Scotland could cause pension chaos for consumers, advisers and pension providers,  platform and Sipp provider AJ Bell has warned.

New research has found that 44% of millennials feel they need financial guidance as they are ‘confused’ about the savings landscape.

Platform provider Transact will cut its charges as of 1 April as price competition in the platform market intensifies.

The Government will publish its Spring Statement on Tuesday 13 March 2018, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced yesterday. The Spring Statement will respond to the forecast from the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Pensions provider The Embark Group has hired Jon Haslam as its new head of platform sales.

Xafinity, the pensions consultant and Sipp provider, has revealed plans today to buy several divisions from rival Punter Southall Holdings for up to £153m.

Stephen Lansdown, co-founder of Bristol-based investment platform and wealth manager Hargreaves Lansdown, is reportedly backing a major new venture by ex-Sun editor Kelvin Mackenzie to launch two new radio stations.