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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 liquidation of Carillion, one of the UK's largest construction companies, should set off “alarm bells” for pension savers, says the chief executive of wealth manager deVere.

SIPP provider Curtis Banks's annual trading update for the year ending December showed with an increase in total SIPP numbers of 8,798 to 76,474.

Pension transfers into SIPPs dominated the pension transfer market in 2017, latest industry figures show.

The Government Actuary is suggesting a 5% rise in National Insurance by 2032 to prevent a deficit in the National Insurance Fund used to pay out state pensions, a possibility based on the latest Government Actuary Department projections.

Seven Investment Management is to launch a series of regional adviser roadshows entitled: 'The Retirement Challenge', visiting 12 locations throughout the UK in January and February.

Guy Opperman MP, who was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary for Pensions and Financial Inclusion six months ago, has survived the latest parliamentary reshuffle.

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