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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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Monday, 29 February 2016 12:23
Second 'grab' on pension savers forecast by director
Any moves to further reduce tax relief on future pension contributions would be a “second tax grab on pension savers”.
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Thursday, 25 February 2016 09:40
Sipp and investment platform passes £20bn mark
AXA Wealth’s specialist Sipp and investment platform grew funds under management by 13 per cent to £20.7bn in 2015.
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Wednesday, 24 February 2016 12:27
Ex-Pensions Minister's scathing attack on tax changes
Ex-Pensions Minister and ousted former Liberal Democrat MP Steve Webb has launched a scathing attack on proposals to change tax rules – calling them ‘daylight robbery’.
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Monday, 22 February 2016 12:19
Love affair between retirees and buy-to-let goes on
Retirement customers continue to look to invest the tax free cash lump sum from their pension pots into the buy-to-let property market despite the looming tax clampdown, data from Fidelity International suggests.
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Friday, 19 February 2016 12:03
Sipps and pensions top in-demand products league
Pensions and retirement income have moved above ISAs to the top of the Canada Life table for most in-demand products.
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Thursday, 18 February 2016 10:39
Dentons and Transact team up to create a new Sipp
Dentons Pension Management and Transact have joined forces to launch a new Sipp and a “more joined-up proposition”.
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