Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford responds to a client query about investing in an EIS using his SIPP.

The Government has today confirmed that it will remove the Default Retirement Age (DRA).

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford was quoted in the Independent on Sunday yesterday, in an article about living to 100 and retirement planning.

New figures from the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) show that over two million people who are already over age 50 will reach their 100th birthdays.

The ‘baby boom’ generation are reaching their 65th birthdays in record numbers during 2011.

Following the publication of the draft Finance Bill 2011 last Thursday, we have today published our latest briefing note, looking at the removal of the requirement to buy an annuity at age 75.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for the government to delay the removal of the default retirement age, due to fears about the lack of certainty for employers.

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford was quoted in the Independent on Sunday today, in an article looking at the impact of charges on pension funds.

A series of pension announcements have been made today, as part of the consultation process for the Finance Bill 2011.

Reports in the press yesterday suggest that the Treasury will shortly consult on allowing people early access to the cash in their pension funds.

New research from Age UK Enterprises, the commercial services arm of the charity Age UK, has found that 61% of people over the age of 55 are confused by financial products.

In their latest survey for Financial Planning Week, the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) have found that only 22% of people are clear how money much they have to save for retirement.

The latest findings form Sun Life Financial of Canada’s Sense Check at 60 study suggest that very few people are putting in place sufficient financial plans for later life.

A new survey from MGM Advantage has found independent financial advisers are predicting a fall in demand for conventional annuities.

A new measure of price inflation for older people, called Silver RPI, has been launched today by Age UK Enterprises.

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford looks at the BBC strike action over proposed reforms to their unsustainable pension scheme.

Saga is warning of dangers for older workers and short-stayers being automatically enrolled into the new National Employment Savings Trust.

More details have been announced today ahead of the introduction of the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

Informed Choice chartered financial planner Nick Bamford revisits his blog from July about radical pensions change, in light of news that the government is considering a universal state pension.

The Government looks set to implement a radical shake-up of the state pension system, with the abolition of means testing and the introduction of a universal state pension of £140 a week.