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Tuesday, 10 October 2017 16:01

Claire Trott: Tapered allowance can be minefield

It’s that time of year again when pension savings statements are being issued. They should have been issued by 6 October following the end of the relevant tax year, so will be sent out about now for the 2016/17 tax year.

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Friday, 29 September 2017 16:14

Morrison: Pension pots - a current consumption choice

Mike Morrison Head of Platform Technical, AJ Bell

In the run-up to pension freedoms people seemed to be speaking about pensions in a different way. There was new excitement over the removal of the need to buy an annuity (even though this had been the case for some time already).

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Monday, 28 August 2017 15:57

Morrison: Transfers 'normalise' need for pensions advice

Many years ago (as some of the best stories begin) when I was working for Winterthur Life, I undertook a series of talks around the UK.

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Friday, 25 August 2017 17:05

Claire Trott: Pension scams come in many guises

Pension scams come in many guises and cold calling is just one unwelcome activity that can easily target the vulnerable and lonely.

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Tuesday, 22 August 2017 11:13

46% drop in pension income for retirees in 2017

People retiring today are having to cope with a 46% drop in their pension income compared to the money they could have expected before the credit crunch.

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Thursday, 03 August 2017 10:34

Standard Life says Partial DB option is a must

Standard Life has called for the partial transfer option to be a mandatory part of DB transfer advice.

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Tuesday, 01 August 2017 11:15

Regulator uses powers 50,000 times for pension failures

Fixed penalties worth nearly £5million were issued to companies for failing to comply with auto-enrolment in the last financial year.

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Wednesday, 02 August 2017 06:00

IFS reveals how much worse off women are from state pension changes

About 1.1million women are £32 worse off per week on average as a result of state pension age changes, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says.

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Wednesday, 26 July 2017 15:11

Claire Trott: We live in hope of no rise for normal minimum pension age

I went into a meeting for only a couple of hours and come out to find out that for many the state pension age will be 68 rather than 67 as they were expecting, for me however there is no change – well not yet anyway.

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Thursday, 27 July 2017 12:59