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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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Research carried out for the second anniversary of the pension freedoms has revealed major changes in pension saving with millions saving more but also being more realistic about their retirement pots.

The much-vaunted Pensions Dashboard, a project to allow pensionholders to view all their pension savings in one place, will move a step forward next week as developers compete to build potential applications.

The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS), the body representing SIPP operators and SSAS practitioners, has voiced concerns about introducing a product levy to fund the FSCS and says the role of advice in causing later claims needs to be studied.

The FOS has ruled against an IFA firm over a Sipps case, concluding that ‘unsuitable advice’ was given.

The FCA has revealed that four Sipp operators have failed to meet the requirements of the new capital adequacy rules.

Sipps professionals have expressed sadness and surprise, while also expressing fears for clients, after the FCA revealed four firms had failed over new capital adequacy rules.

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