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Lisa Webster: Till pensions do us part
There have been some fluctuations in recent years but overall divorce rates in the UK have been in decline since the 1990s.
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Tilley: Let’s end the SIPP vs SSAS debate for good
As you might know from my previous columns on SIPPs Professional, I am, and have been for some time, a huge advocate for Small Self-Administered Schemes (SSAS).
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Lisa Webster: Pre-Budget withdrawals are spiking again
Ever since “tax-free cash” changed its official name to “pension commencement lump sum” back in 2006 there have been pre-Budget rumours that it was going to change – and not for the better.
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Tilley: Will Pensions Dashboards be a missed opportunity?
I can’t be alone in thinking that the recent House of Lords committee sessions on the Finance Bill and, in particular, discussion on bringing unused pension pots into scope for inheritance tax (IHT) made for interesting viewing.
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Trustees urged to take action to beat pension fraud
Pension trustees have been urged to take action to beat pension fraud, as analysis of Action Fraud reports has shown that savers over 55 are most at risk.
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Aberdeen launches new SIPP and Junior SIPP
Aberdeen has today launched a new and enhanced Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP), and free Junior SIPP.
A former Pensions Minister and retirement expert has attacked the government’s Budget day decision to include pensions and pension death benefits within estates for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes.
A Midlands-based pension adviser firm has failed and been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, the industry compensation safety-net.
A financial adviser firm - Chesterton Grant Limited of Yorkshire - has been declared as failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme after a complaint about SIPP advice against the firm was upheld.
Most of failed Sipp firm PSG SIPP Ltd (PSGS), has been sold to Alltrust Services Limited with one part, Unity SIPP, sold to London & Colonial.
HMRC repaid £44.3m to savers who paid too much tax when first accessing their pension between 1 July and 30 September.
Over two thirds (69%) of Britons believe retiring in our sixties will become a thing of the past, according to new research.