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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.
Popular News
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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.
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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.
SIPP industry veteran John Moret has warned the sector that it must grasp the potential impact for SIPP providers of the new Consumer Duty requirements.
John Moret is one of the UK's leading SIPP experts and commentators. As he enters his 75th year, still working part-time, he begins a series of articles looking back at his long career and key topics which have steered the pensions sector. He starts with a timely look at the Chancellor's pension bombshell Budget delivered only yesterday.
John Moret is one of the UK's leading pensions and SIPP experts and commentators. As he enters his 75th year, still working part-time, he continues his series of articles looking back at his long career and key topics which have steered the pensions sector. In this second article he reviews the impact of the 'Dear CEO' letter the FCA sent to SIPP firms recently and what it means for regulation.
Three directors - two of them IFAs - have been fined and disqualified as directors over a £44m SIPP mis-selling scheme.
Guernsey-based trust and pension company the UAP Group (UAP) has acquired SIPP provider Alltrust Services and has backed Alltrust's acquisition today of failed firm Rowanmoor Personal Pensions.
SIPP and SSAS provider Alltrust has acquired failed firm Rowanmoor Personal Pensions Limited (RPPL).