Pensions Liberation

Top stories on PP this week included news on pot follows member, Steve Webb slamming complacent providers, and warnings of mis-selling after April. Here's what you might have missed.

Criminals are refocusing their attention on those aged 55 and over who will soon have access to the new pension freedoms and flexibilities, Standard Life says.

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This year has been a busy one for pensions and 2015 looks to be very much the same. Squire Patton Boggs has highlighted 12 key areas for trustees to focus on in 2015.Here's number five to eight.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has shut down a group of five pension liberation schemes that had taken more than £134m from over 1,400 people.

There has been a 66% increase in the number of complaints the Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has received in relation to pension scams since July.

Our top stories this week covered concerns over a drawdown capacity crunch and fines for savers who take advantage of DC ‘freedom and choice', a pension scam crackdown and a slap on the wrist for L&G. Here's what you might have missed.

The Pensions Ombudsman's workload could become "completely untenable" if it rules in favour of scheme members seeking to transfer into suspected liberation scams.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has raised serious concerns over a scheme to encourage people to cash in pensions which has already netted up to £4m.

One in eight people over 50 has been approached by fraudsters offering early access to their pension pot according to research from Fidelity Worldwide Investment reveals.