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Tilley: Will IHT reforms really threaten pension saving?
The Government’s decision to bring most unused pension funds and lump sum death benefits within the scope of inheritance tax (IHT) from 6 April 2027 has provoked widespread criticism from across the pensions industry. Providers, advisers and trade bodies have warned that the change risks undermining confidence in pension saving and damaging long term retirement provision.
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Lisa Webster: Charity giving from pensions
I’m sure many of you reading this on SIPPs Professional will have had more than a few conversations with clients about estate planning – especially considering the news that pensions are to be included in the value of the estate for IHT purposes from April 2027.
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Lisa Webster: Salary sacrifice cap will hit some hard
The headline story from Budget 2025 - in the pension world at least - was the plan to cap National Insurance relief for pension contributions paid through salary sacrifice at £2,000 a year.
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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.
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FSCS declares SIPP provider Gaudi in default
The FSCS has today (20 March) declared failed SIPP provider Gaudi Regulated Services Limited (FRN: 488015) in default.
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46% of pension holders fear savings are inadequate
Almost half, 46%, of people with pensions are not confident their savings will provide a comfortable retirement, according to a new survey.
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54% of Gen X heading for ‘pension shock’
More than half (54%) of people born between 1965 and 1980 are heading for 'inadequate' retirement income, according to a new report from think tank The Social Market Foundation.
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FOS to return to its original role in new reforms
The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is to return to its original role as a fast, impartial complaints body under landmark reforms announced today by the Treasury.
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FSCS boosts protection for pension cash
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has launched a campaign to boost awareness of changes to how savings are protected which will offer greater protection for pension cash from transfers and similar transactions.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has said that it will pay the exit and administration charge (EAC) that the joint administrators propose to levy on Hartley Pensions Limited (HPL) customers, despite earlier saying that it could not.
Nearly two thirds (63%) of advisers are concerned about the impact of the Government’s proposed lifetime pension provider model, according to a new report.
Eddie McGuire, managing director of @sipp, and the firm's finance director Steve Lancaster, have led a successful MBO of the specialist SIPP and SSAS provider.
The UK’s high earners are facing a retirement shock as less than a third are on track for a financially comfortable time when they retire, according to new research.
The end of 2023 saw the rate of people transferring out of their DB pension fall to a five-year low, research from pensions consultancy XPS Pensions Group found.
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has declared BSPS-linked South Wales-based Niche Independent Financial Advisers Ltd (FRN: 472635) as failed.