Displaying items by tag: pensions

Friday, 04 September 2015 12:31

Sipp sector director predicts shift in market ahead of capital adequacy reforms

FCA headquarters. The regulator has revamped the capital adequacy rule

There will be a shift in the Sipp sector towards firms either restricting their offering to standard assets or offering a full Sipp investment offering including non-standard investments, an industry expert has forecast.

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Thursday, 03 September 2015 07:18

Sipp offered on new direct-to-consumer online platform

A Sipp has been made available on a new direct-to-consumer online platform aimed at retirees.

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Tuesday, 01 September 2015 11:42

One in ten retirees have £100k worth of debts - report

Debts of as much as £100,000 are following people into their life after work, a report on retirement planning has shown.

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Wednesday, 26 August 2015 09:40

Neil MacGillivray: I hope tax relief decisions not already taken

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

I would recommend that everyone takes time to read the Green Paper called 'strengthening the incentive to save' – a consultation on pension tax relief.

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Tuesday, 25 August 2015 10:24

Complaints league for life and pensions revealed by FOS

Prudential has come top in the complaints league for life, pensions and decumulation, published by the Financial Ombudsman Service for the first half of 2015.

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Monday, 24 August 2015 12:39

'Providers failing over auto enrolment choices for employers'

Nearly 8 in 10 advisers expect growing numbers of pension providers will not offer their auto enrolment schemes to businesses with fewer than 30 employees.

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Friday, 21 August 2015 12:34

'Fun loving retirees blowing our inheritance', say kids

Ten per cent of grown up children claim their parents are having ‘too much fun’ and ‘blowing’ their inheritance, as a generational financial tug of war takes place, according to a retirement report.

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Thursday, 20 August 2015 12:47

Retiree risk - Pension firm's fear as research says poor choices being made

A pensions expert says she has been disturbed to discover the new freedoms may be working to the detriment of many retirees as they take out their cash and stash it in savings accounts, suffering a tax hit as a consequence.

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Tuesday, 18 August 2015 11:56