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  • Tilley: Rebooting the FOS makes sense

    I’ve written before about the lack of coherence in the UK’s pension complaints landscape and it remains a source of real frustration for those of us working in the sector.

  • Lisa Webster: Pension age uncertainty lingers on

    We’ve known for many years that normal minimum pension age, NMPA it's known, is going up.

  • Tilley: Are we asking too much of pension savers?

    Working in UK pensions, I’ve always accepted that the system evolves. Fiscal pressures change, demographics shift, and governments recalibrate policy objectives. But even allowing for that, the pace and volume of legislative change in the pensions space over the last few years feels unprecedented, and in my view increasingly problematic.

  • Lisa Webster: Beware IHT and pensions double taxation

    One of the most disliked aspects of bringing pensions into the estate for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes from 6 April 2027 is the double taxation that will occur when the member dies on or after their 75th birthday.

  • Lisa Webster: Should tax-free cash always be taken?

    Since the Lifetime Allowance was abolished and replaced with the Lump Sum Allowance (LSA) and lump sum and death benefit allowance (LSDBA), we have seen an increase in SIPP members who want to take drawdown only – foregoing the right to take the associated pension commencement lump sum (PCLS).

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The Work and Pensions Select Committee has launched an investigation into pension scams as part of its inquiry into pension freedoms.

SIPP provider Curtis Banks has paid tribute to its group communications director Greg Kingston who has died at the age of 47 in a holiday road accident.

The FCA has today launched its long-awaited upgraded Financial Services Register with a simpler design and clearer language.

Access to advice remains a major concern for Financial Planners four years into pension freedoms, according to new research.

The SIPP and SSAS provider agreed to make two acquisitions totalling over £50m: SIPP and SSAS provider Talbot and Muir, and fintech provider Dunstan Thomas.

The FCA, PRA and Bank of England are consulting on an updated Complaints Scheme to make it simpler and more "user friendly."

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