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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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Tilley: Will IHT reforms really threaten pension saving?
The Government’s decision to bring most unused pension funds and lump sum death benefits within the scope of inheritance tax (IHT) from 6 April 2027 has provoked widespread criticism from across the pensions industry. Providers, advisers and trade bodies have warned that the change risks undermining confidence in pension saving and damaging long term retirement provision.
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Lisa Webster: Salary sacrifice cap will hit some hard
The headline story from Budget 2025 - in the pension world at least - was the plan to cap National Insurance relief for pension contributions paid through salary sacrifice at £2,000 a year.
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Alltrust launches sophisticated investor SIPP
Pension trustee and administration specialist Alltrust has launched a premium self-invested pension designed for high-net-worth individuals, experienced investors and the IFAs and wealth managers who advise them.
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Sheffield wealth manager fails after pension claims
Sheffield wealth manager Green Wealth Management Limited (FRN: 729066) has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme after being unable to meet claims against it.
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Female SIPP millionaires up by 31% in one year
The number of female SIPP millionaires at platform and investment provider Hargreaves Lansdown rose by 31% in 2025 compared to a 16% rise for male investors.
The FCA has advised firms to return to working from home where possible.
Defined benefit pension scheme members could still be waiting to receive payments as much as £25,000 following the Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMP) Equalisations judgement in October 2018, according to a pensions consultancy.
Specialist UK Professional Indemnity insurance firm Inperio is to launch a new PI product for independent financial advisers in the UK.
iPensions Group, recently rebranded from Momentum Pensions, has launched The Platform SIPP to enable advisers and clients to consolidate their pensions into an online managed SIPP solution.
SIPP and cross-border financial services firm STM has expressed “disappointment” at the Court of Appeal’s decision to allow a challenge to the recent ‘Adams’ case judgment.
Investment platform Interactive Investor has scrapped or paused a number of SIPP fees for clients of its new acquistion The Share Centre.