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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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British Steel Pension Scheme trustees were urged to discuss “the importance of obtaining independent financial advice” with members, amid a major restructuring of the scheme, a report has revealed.

Sipp provider AJ Bell has announced a 40% cut to management fees on its Managed Portfolio Service.

James Hay could be facing a tax penalty of £20 million over the biofuel investment Elysian Fuel.

The FCA has launched a probe into possible ‘harm’ to consumers in the non-workplace pensions market.

Dentons Pension Management Limited, one of the larger providers and administrators of SIPPs, has acquired Sippchoice, a London-based SIPP provider for an undisclosed sum.

One in four employers (27%) is planning to launch financial education initiatives for staff in the next three years, according to research covering more than 2,000 employees.

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