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Those of a certain vintage will remember the animated children’s TV programme, “Mr Benn”, where each episode featured the line, “and then – as if by magic – the shopkeeper appeared”.
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Two of the big things on the pension calendar for 2017 are John Cridland’s review of the state pension age and the review of auto enrolment. I like to think that the two reviews are linked in a linear way.
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I have just been reading the appeal of an unauthorised payment charge on a Sipp member where an investment was made into a company and from this investment a loan was made to the member.
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Reduction in the MPAA: a sign of things to come?
Sitting here amidst a post-Christmas lull, whilst tucking into a seventh meal comprised of turkey, my mind naturally drifts to the Autumn Statement consultation about reducing the Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA) from £10,000 to £4,000 with effect from 6 April 2017.
Sitting here amidst a post-Christmas lull, whilst tucking into a seventh meal comprised of turkey, my mind naturally drifts to the Autumn Statement consultation about reducing the Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA) from £10,000 to £4,000 with effect from 6 April 2017.
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The one pension topic guaranteed to create a healthy discussion is that of defined benefit (DB) transfers.
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After serving six years on the AMPS Committee, three years of which as Chairman, I felt that it was the right time to step down and let someone else take the helm.
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Today saw the release of the ‘Women In Finance’ charter and although I haven’t really been engaged in the production of this, I decided as a woman, maybe I should take a look to see if I was missing out on something that might change my life or the life of my colleagues.
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Showing my age, one of my all time favourite Motown songs is: “The world is like a great big onion” by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. I am reminded of this classic at every budget or autumn statement because our pensions world has been growing like an onion – with layer upon layer of complexity added almost every time the Chancellor gets to his feet.
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‘Another one bites the dust!’ A tenuous way to start an article I know, but it is in response to the news that another insurance company has decided not to continue in the annuity market (LV=).
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During the summer, HMRC unexpectedly began challenging Sipp providers on whether net pension contributions can be made in specie, (that is, a change of legal ownership without sell/buy transactions).
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