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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 platform sector saw continued rapid growth in the second quarter thanks to inflows from pensions including Sipps, pension transfers and pension freedoms.

SIPP specialist and wealth manager Mattioli Woods has slimmed down its board in an overhaul that will see two directors step down.

Momentum Pensions has launched detailed fee schedules for its new property SIPP, as the company aims to tackle increasing concerns over complex charges on commercial properties.

Average pension transfer values during July 2017 remained relatively stable after recent volatility, according to the Xafinity Transfer Value Index.

Two well known client risk assessment software providers – PlanPlus of Toronto and Finamentrica of Australia - are to merge from this month.

The Financial Conduct Authority last month identified a number of pension areas where ‘intervention’ may be necessary following the introduction of the pension freedoms in April 2015.

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