Defined benefit pension transfer values rose in February with Coronavirus fears spurring the rise, according to the XPS Transfer Watch Index, a monthly study of transfer values.

Defined benefit pension transfer values regained in January much of the ground they lost in the last quarter of 2019.

More than eight out of 10 financial advisers say that a ban on contingent charging will hit access to DB pensions advice, according to a survey.

LEBC, the employee benefits and pension adviser, is recruiting for advisers and Paraplanners following a round of redundancies last year which saw 50 roles axed.