IFAs should check with individual self invested personal pension (Sipp) providers before opting for flexible drawdown products, according to Pensions Management research.

Zurich’s long-awaited corporate wrap will launch this summer, with a group self-invested personal pension (Sipp) its only pension product.

The platform will contain a group Sipp, group ISAs (shares and cash) and a range of funds for savers seeking shorter-term investment vehicles than pensions, for sums greater than the annual ISA limit or in non-Sipp-applicable assets.

The provider has hired Macquarie’s former wrap chief Adrian Nash to roll out its FNZ technology-powered proposition.

Axa will make target date funds its default strategy for defined contribution (DC) scheme clients this summer.

Scottish Widows’ corporate savings platform will launch in Q2 this year, pioneering a way for high earners to avoid tax on their retirement pots.

Regulatory pressures are forcing more independent financial advisers (IFAs) to abandon investment advice in favour of engaging a discretionary fund manager (DFM), according to a major report by highnetworth-online.com.

The current cost of asset management is unsustainable, according to panelists at PM’s first Retirement Summit.

Pensions Management has discovered that the Freedom Sipp faces imminent deregistration and windup.

Structured products are proving extremely popular in the current recessionary market, according to Newcastle Intermediary Services (NIS).

Dunstan Thomas, an administration and software provider, has launched a new FSA-compliant system to help financial advisers fully migrate legacy assets.

Investors affected by the drop in value in Standard Life’s sterling fund have voiced concerns about its long-term stability.

MetLife Europe has declared 2009 as the “year of the guarantee” while announcing the launch of its Guaranteed Investment Bond.

Scottish Life has revamped its defined contribution (DC) offering, which it believes is better suited to unstable economic conditions and treating customer fairly compliance.

Standard Life is to remediate certain customers of its Sterling Pension Fund following its announcement that the value of the fund had dropped by 5%.