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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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New research from AIG has revealed workers expect to be physically capable of doing their jobs until past their 68th birthday, beyond the age they can start claiming the State Pension even when it is extended to 67 by 2028. 

Research for IFA network Openwork has revealed growing untapped demand for financial advice.

SIPP provider Embark Services Limited (ESL), which uses the Embark and Hornbuckle brands, saw a 15.3% rise in client numbers in the year ended in December.

Platform and SIPP provider AJ Bell today reported pre-tax profits for the latest six-month period up 27% to £17.7m in its first results since floating in December.

SIPP and SSAS specialist EBS Pensions, part of the diverse Embark Group, has reported an 89% increase in client numbers and a pre-tax profit of £1.55m after making a loss the previous year.

Pension Drawdown users are at serious risk by failing to set up a Lasting Power of Attorney, according to a new study.

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