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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.

  • 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.

  • 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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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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Blick Rothenberg, the accounting tax and advisory firm with a growing Financial Planning arm, has made its first acquisition.

Patrick Mill, chief executive of platform and Sipp provider Alliance Trust Savings, has stepped down from the after role five and half years at the helm. 

The FCA has begun civil proceedings in relation to “alleged misleading statements” on pension investments by a lead generation firm called Avacade Investment Options.

Research by a financial provider has found that eight out of ten over-50s (78%) “significantly underestimate” how long they are likely to live - a gap that means many could run out of pension cash, it says.

To coincide with the Black Friday shopping frenzy today, pension and software provider Selectapension is offering financial advisers up to £100 off all new subscriptions.

Financial Planners have reacted with relief that pensions were largely left untouched by the Chancellor in today’s Budget and were broadly positive on some of the moves to help first time buyers.

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