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Tilley: Will Pensions Dashboards be a missed opportunity?
I can’t be alone in thinking that the recent House of Lords committee sessions on the Finance Bill and, in particular, discussion on bringing unused pension pots into scope for inheritance tax (IHT) made for interesting viewing.
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Lisa Webster: A tiny step forward on IHT and pensions
Last month I talked about the headaches and liabilities of being a personal representative (PR) for a deceased’s estate when pensions are included for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes from 6 April 2027.
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Lisa Webster: Charity giving from pensions
I’m sure many of you reading this on SIPPs Professional will have had more than a few conversations with clients about estate planning – especially considering the news that pensions are to be included in the value of the estate for IHT purposes from April 2027.
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FCA bans AR who illegally withdrew £120,000 SIPP cash
The FCA has prohibited convicted criminal Martin Alan Wright (IRN: MAW01228) from doing regulated activities.
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AJ Bell reports record platform assets with 21% rise
Platform assets under administration at AJ Bell rose 21% (year on year) to £108bn as at 31 December, a rise of 5% over the quarter.
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Financial services urged to heed women's pension warning
Women are retiring with far smaller pension pots due to structural inequalities, a new report has found.
Under a third of pensions professionals believe pension dashboards will be of use by 2025.
SIPP provider Dentons Pensions has reported a 55% rise in new SIPPs business pushing its total number of schemes above 7,800.
Debbie Seaton and Nathan Bridgeman have launched a new SSAS provider, SeaBridge SSAS.
Defined benefit pension transfer values held up close to their record high for most of September but slipped in the last 10 days of the month due to a sharp increase in government bond yields.
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has upheld two complaints about Integrity IFA’s advice involving unregulated investments in SIPPs and scolded the advice firm for ignoring both clients and the ombudsman.
UK consumers over the age of 55 are less confident in being able to find a paid job than they were before the Coronavirus pandemic, according to new research.
More than half of the over 55s surveyed by Just Group did not believe they would be able to find a paid job, and only one in five who would like to work were confident they could find paid employment.