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Tuesday, 15 March 2016 12:50
Consumers look to feed pensions into ISAs as Budget nears
Nearly a fifth of consumers may be planning to withdraw cash from pensions to drip-feed it into an ISA once they turn 55, according to new data.
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Monday, 14 March 2016 12:45
Pension pot dip should be allowed to pay for advice
Pension holders should be able take out a small amount from their pot to pay for pre-retirement advice, a major review has proposed.
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Friday, 11 March 2016 11:28
Mike Morrison: Is it realistic to ask us to keep working over 67?
Looking at the UK’s first State Pension Age review...
I was writing an article the other day in which I made the point that, with the changing demographics in the UK, one of the Government’s main tools for controlling costs and behaviour is the State Pension Age (SPA).
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Thursday, 10 March 2016 12:27
'Osborne should revisit radical ideas to reform pensions tax relief'
Radical pension reforms could significantly boost the pension savings of the majority of earners, but at the cost of substantial losses to high earners and major disruption to the industry, a report concluded.
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Tuesday, 08 March 2016 11:42
Sipp contributions more than triple compared to last year
Sipp contributions more than trebled compared to the previous year, Fidelity International’s pension inflow figures showed.
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Monday, 07 March 2016 12:05
Sipp firm: Doubts over tax relief cost Treasury £1.5 billion
Sipp firm: Doubts over tax relief cost Treasury £billions
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Friday, 04 March 2016 09:55
Neil MacGillivray: Time for a punt on pensions?
I try to avoid speculating on the outcomes of the Budget. However as this year’s fast approaches one can’t help but take a great deal of interest on the various views being expressed on what will be the aftermath of the Green Paper – Strengthening the incentive to save: a consultation on pension tax relief. So I think this time I will take a punt.
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Thursday, 03 March 2016 11:59
'Work to 77 to match your parents' retirement living standards'
New analysis has shown big variations across the country when it comes to how long workers face having to work to achieve the same quality of pension as their parents’ generation.
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Wednesday, 02 March 2016 10:53
Women have barely half pension savings of men
A TUC-sponsored report has found that women, carers, ethnic minorities and the self employed lag well behind behind the average man when it comes to pension saving.
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Tuesday, 01 March 2016 12:17
Retirement living standards: Osborne's one time chance
George Osborne has a “once in a lifetime opportunity” to create a tax environment to support decent living standards in retirement.
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