The Government has been attacked today for delaying the long-awaited ban on pension cold-calling until at least the autumn.

The Transfers and Re-registration Industry Group (TRIG) has published a new guidelines framework to help improve the transfer of ISAs, pensions and investments.

Former Pensions Minister Baroness Ros Altmann says that the Pension Freedoms are not working properly as millions have no independent guidance or advice.

The FCA will officially move to its impressive new HQ in Stratford, near the London Stadium, venue for the 2012 Olympics, on Sunday.

MPs on the Work and Pensions Committee have welcome the FCA’s Retirement Outcomes Review but attacked progress on reform as “glacially slow.”

XPS Pensions Group, the recently enlarged pensions actuarial, consulting and administration business, has reported total revenue for the 12 months to March increased by 27% from £52m the previous year to £66m.

Thesis Asset Management has launched a report on decumulation for financial advisers called: ‘Decumulation – the usual suspects: Sequencing risk and other unhelpful side effects’.

The FCA is to amend its Handbook to ensure it is ready for Brexit and will limit Handbook changes unrelated to Brexit in the period up to EU withdrawal.

Many industry pensions experts have given a cautious welcome to the FCA Retirement Outcomes Review but some have voiced concerns about aspects of the proposed changes, especially how investment pathways will work.

New research on the UK wealth management sector has revealed that assets under management have reached a record £957bn for the first time with collective investments now making up over 40% of all assets.