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Monday, 22 August 2016 12:20

'Pension is becoming the new family heirloom'

The pension is effectively becoming the new family heirloom, a Chartered Financial Planner says, as younger generations look to inherit cash rather than things.

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Friday, 19 August 2016 11:41

New Retirement Quality Mark to launch later this year

A new Retirement Quality Mark to ensure products operate in the customers’ best interests is set to be launched later this year.

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Wednesday, 17 August 2016 10:29

MacGillivray: FCA alert comes after horse has bolted

Neil MacGillivray, chairman of the Association of Member-directed Pension Schemes and head of technical support at James Hay Partnership

The FCA advised AMPS at the beginning of August that they had issued an alert highlighting some of the risks arising from authorised firms accepting business from unauthorised introducers and lead generators.

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Monday, 15 August 2016 12:19

Pension freedoms amnesia: Some to run out of money too fast

Yvonne Braun, the ABI’s director of policy, long term savings and protection

A minority of pension holders appear to have forgotten why they saved in the first place, an analyst says, after new data showed they might run out of money in less than a decade.

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Thursday, 11 August 2016 11:01

Mike Morrison: New Sipp rules open to provider interpretation

Mike Morrison Head of Platform Technical, AJ Bell

So, finally the Sipp industry will see the new capital adequacy rules come into force on 1 September 2016.

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Wednesday, 10 August 2016 11:19

Claire Trott: Sipp sales to just 1 or 2 big players is big concern

Claire Trott, Head of Pensions Technical, Talbot and Muir.

2016 has been another year of consolidation in the Sipp industry, this can be seen as good or bad depending on who you are and more importantly, where the Sipps end up.

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Thursday, 04 August 2016 11:35

Over 50s plan to hold back £51,000 of pension to pass on

Britain’s over 50s are increasingly planning to hold back savings in their pension to pass on their wealth tax-efficiently, a report suggests.

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Wednesday, 03 August 2016 12:42

Pension liberation firm shut down after High Court hearing

A pension liberation company has been shut down after an Insolvency Service investigation, which uncovered investments of over £3.3million.

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Wednesday, 03 August 2016 11:40

Ros Altmann sad after triple lock comments 'grossly misrepresented'

Baroness Altmann has hit out at coverage of her comments on changing the triple lock pensions policy, saying her words have been “grossly misrepresented”.

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Friday, 29 July 2016 11:35