Auto-enrolment is encouraging more people in sectors previously poorly reached by pensions to sign up, says the Department of Work and Pensions.

Expanding Sipp provider Curtis Bank has acquired rival Pointon York's Sipp business for an undisclosed sum.

From today, taxpayers will begin receiving their first annual personal tax summary explaining how their taxes are raised and spent.

A survey of 2003 adults carried out by Opinium for LV= in October found that a third (32%) of retirees experienced worsening general health in the first five years of retirement.

AFH has announced on the Stock Exchange today that it has acquired the assets of chartered financial planners Knight O'Byrne Limited, a company headquartered in Cornwall.

Aegon UK has become the latest provider to pledge its support to the Seven Families income protection campaign.

The IFP has applauded attendees at the annual conference held in early October who have now raised over £10,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support.

More than 500,000 40-to-70-year-olds in England intend to use part or all of their pension to repay their mortgage balance, according to research from specialist insurer Partnership.

The Financial Conduct Authority has expressed 'serious concerns' about individuals being encouraged to transfer money from their work pension schemes into Self-Invested Personal Pensions (Sipps) as part of a scheme to push one company's shares.

A new pension report from the Office for National Statistics says that people are living longer but many are not saving for retirement or not saving enough.