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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
‘Floodgates open for conmen’ – Scams target 1.8m in 3 months
Potential scammers have targeted 1.8m people aged over 50 in the last three months, according to a new report.
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Wednesday, 26 July 2017 10:47
Mike Morrison: FCA DB transfer plans fail to cover contingent charging
I have just finished AJ Bell’s annual tour of the UK where a host of lucky advisers got to hear me talk about the current key pension issues.
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Monday, 24 July 2017 15:54
Putting their foot in it - Oppenham and Gauke’s faux pas
The fall-out from a General Election inevitably involves a game of musical chairs; masquerading as a Parliamentary reshuffle.
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Friday, 21 July 2017 11:35
State pension age rise fails to 'go far enough'
The Adam Smith Institute says the move to raise the state pension age to 68 earlier than planned fails to go far enough.
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Friday, 30 June 2017 12:24
James Hay exec leaves for Embark after 17 years
Pensions provider The Embark Group has snapped up one of James Hay’s executive team and announced three other senior appointments.
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Thursday, 29 June 2017 11:06
Sipps firm: Many advisers unable to do client taper sums
Most advisers have had ‘significant issues’ with the tapered annual allowance rules, a Sipps firm has found.
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Wednesday, 28 June 2017 12:11
DB transfer attitude ‘outdated, past sell-by date’
Pension experts, including the former Pensions Minister have backed the scrapping of ‘outdated’ guidance on DB transfers, saying that change was “long overdue” and the regulatory framework was “past its sell-by date”.
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Tuesday, 27 June 2017 12:43
'We think property makes most of retirement cash'
Half of UK adults think investing in property is the method of saving for retirement that makes the most of their money, according to an Office for National Statistics report.
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