While new pension freedoms have seen a surge in activity for many IFAs as clients assess their financial options in retirement, an additional impact has been the increase in automated advice services. So how concerned should IFAs be about this development?

Certainly going forward the opportunity lies in offering a variety of advice models...

With the new changes in pension rules leading to the increased flexibility in how pension pots can be taken at retirement, the government announced it will be offering Pension Guidance for anyone, free of charge.  When this was first announced, understandably it produced an awful lot of chatter around exactly who would be delivering this gu...