Bookmark Us

Latest Columns

  • 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).

Popular News

Latest News
A Retirement Survey, which polls some of the UK’s leading pension and annuity professionals, found that 86% agree or strongly agree that the UK will see an increase in individuals taking cash beyond their tax-free allowance.

A Sipp provider has reported gaining 168 new commercial property clients in the last quarter to September.

Women in the UK are setting their sights “significantly lower” than men when it comes to how much money they need to live comfortably in retirement.

A former Disney manager is set to bring a sprinkling of fairy dust to a Sipps firm.

More than 40 pension and annuity experts say more information on flexible pensions must be delivered online and through other forms of guidance such as via the telephone and face-to-face.

Pensioners have higher incomes on average than the rest of the population for the first time, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has reported.

Subscriber Login

Please log-in or register to read site content