Nearly 70% of DB transfers went ahead when contingent charging was used compared to less than 28% when non-contingent charging was applied, according to a Freedom of Information request.

Investment firm and wealth manager Rathbone Brothers has acquired James Hay-owned Financial Planner Saunderson House for £150m.

Complaints about pensions dropped 69.3% year on year between April 2020 and March 2021, but complaints about investments increased 2.4% over the same period, according to a new complaints data report.

The scaling back of lockdown restrictions is boosting consumer personal finance confidence with one in seven expecting to increase pension contributions in the next year.

Over a tenth (12%) of UK homeowners over 40 years old would consider releasing equity from their property to supplement their retirement income, according to a new report.