Pensions, we never used to like talking about them, but it seems we can't get enough of pensions these days with hardly a week passing without retirement hitting the front pages. So what's causing all ...

Gain an understanding of: pension freedoms as they stand today Be able to describe: some of the consequences of pension freedoms Comprehend: the views of advisers where the freedoms are concerned Gain ...

Between July 1 and Sept 30, 2025, over-55s were forced to reclaim a staggering £48m in overpaid tax on their pension ...

Savers taking advantage of pension freedoms to cash out before retirement have suffered £2bn in lost returns, spurring calls for better financial education, according to analysis by LCP. LCP cited ...

The UK pension system lags many of its European peers in a report out this week, which recommends restoring the requirement to take savings as an income stream. The freedom and choice policy, brought ...

Ed Monk is associate director at Fidelity International. Markets have been kind to the first cohort retiring under pension ...

A decade ago, pension savers were granted a new right: to take cash out of their pension pots however they pleased from age 55. Dubbed “pension freedoms”, the new rules came into effect on 6 April, ...

As we all know, in April 2014, the UK Coalition Government announced that with effect from the 6 April 2015, people aged 55 and over would be able to make withdrawals from their Defined Contribution ...