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  • James Jones-Tinsley: Aiming for an advice-guidance sweetspot

    As Nikhil Rathi is reappointed as CEO of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for another five years, the FCA has set out its strategic direction for 2025/26, with important implications for financial advisers.

  • Lisa Webster: Divorce impact on lump sums raises question

    The lifetime allowance may have been consigned to the annals of history but the various forms of protection are still relevant in the new world, especially when it comes to the amount of pension commencement lump sum (PCLS) that can be taken.

  • Martin Tilley: How education can tackle pension scams

    The dark reality of pension scams is that we don’t really know how common they are. Fraud is a crime which tends to have low reporting events and with pension scams, it’s no different. The emotional toll can be as large as the financial, with some people being too embarrassed to report that they have been the victim of a scam.

  • Lisa Webster: Maximising protected tax-free cash

    While 2024 ended with a lot of doom and gloom in the pension world following the big announcement on inheritance tax (IHT), there was some good news that may have slipped under the radar of some advisers.

  • Lisa Webster: Overcomplicated rules are a threat

    It may be more than a year since the Lifetime Allowance was formally abolished but issues are still emerging from the mess made by rushed legislation.

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Spanish-owned bank Santander has launched an online SIPP, as it targets the pre-retirement market.

New data on mortgage lending from the Bank of England has revealed that lending into retirement has remained at a high level despite falling mortgage rates.

Failed SIPP operator Intelligent Money has been declared in default today by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, opening the door to ex-clients with valid claims to receive compensation.

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is to shift to a more prudential-style of regulation to protect savers from systemic risk.

Many people are failing to prioritise retirement planning until age 55, according to a new report which paints a worrying picture of late or poor preparation.

Defined benefit pension transfer values fell to their lowest value in a year in October due to uncertainty around the Chancellor’s Budget, according to XPS’ index.

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