Malcolm McLean

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) are to produce a joint strategy on how they will collaborate to regulate the sector over the next decade.

The aggregate total private pension wealth of all households in the UK in July 2014 to June 2016 increased to £5.3trn, according to the Office for National statistics (ONS).

The estimated cost of pensions tax relief for employees to the government is expected to hit £24bn in this tax year, according to government data.

Pension-related cold calls have increased by around 2.7 million since Freedom and Choice was introduced in April 2015, according to research commissioned by Aviva.

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Malcolm McLean says we must look hard at the delivery of the pension freedoms and ensure consumer protection is as good as it can be

Ahead of the second Budget of 2017, industry experts tell James Phillips what they think the chancellor will seek to change on 22 November.

As the government plays catch-up with the state pension age, Malcolm McLean wonders whether 70 is now the new 64.

Some 96% of retired households had disposable incomes of over £10,000 by the end of the 2016 financial year (FYE), a significant rise from just 21% in 1977, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Retirees have seen their disposable income grow by around £3,000 since the end of the 2008 financial year, latest data reveals.