During May, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI), sponsored by The Pensions Regulator (TPR), concluded that defined contribution (DC) pension savers – including those in SIPPs, as well as in Workplace Pensions - require more guidance when choosing suitable retirement products.

Age 75 has been an important milestone in pension rules since A day in 2006. It was the latest age at which a compulsory annuity purchase was required (prior to Pensions Freedoms). It's arguably it’s long been an arbitrary line in the sand, noting that life expectancy has been on the increase for the last 20 years, but this trigger age has remained unchanged.

It may be more than a year since the Lifetime Allowance was formally abolished but issues are still emerging from the mess made by rushed legislation.

Since the announcement that pensions are to be included in estates for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes the question of whether those with large pension pots should be giving some funds away has become increasingly common.

Six people have been charged over a pension fund and SIPP fraud which involved £75m being invested into storage units in the North of England and Scotland.

SIPP operator Corporate & Professional Pensions Ltd (FRN: 465748) has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

The State Pension age may need to rise as high as 80 to deal with a long term funding crisis, according to new modelling by pension consultants and actuaries Barnett Waddingham.

The gap people need to fill between their income aspirations in retirement and the amount provided by the state pension has climbed to £18,552, according to new analysis of DWP figures.

Wealth adviser and pensions firm Westerby Group has acquired Bristol-based SIPP specialist Cabot Trustees Limited for an undisclosed amount.

A quarter, 24%, of people have little to no idea about how much they and their employers are paying into their pension.