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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 Department for Work and Pensions has re-appointed Mark Boyle for a second three year term as non-executive chair of The Pensions Regulator.

Steve Groves, the former CEO of Partnership, has been hired as chairman of the Key Retirement Group, an equity release and later life provider.

SIPP compensation claims above predictions have forced the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) to ask financial advisers and providers to chip in an extra levy of £23.9m.

The FCA has appoointed Charles Randell, a former partner at law firm Slaughter & May, as its new chairman. He will take over from 1 April.

The rapid growth in the number of pension transfers will continue this year, according to the respected global actuary and consultancy firm Willis Towers Watson.

Moneyfacts Star Ratings for Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPP) and Small Self Administered Schemes (SSSAS) markets have been released.

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