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Lisa Webster: Till pensions do us part
There have been some fluctuations in recent years but overall divorce rates in the UK have been in decline since the 1990s.
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Tilley: Let’s end the SIPP vs SSAS debate for good
As you might know from my previous columns on SIPPs Professional, I am, and have been for some time, a huge advocate for Small Self-Administered Schemes (SSAS).
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Lisa Webster: Pre-Budget withdrawals are spiking again
Ever since “tax-free cash” changed its official name to “pension commencement lump sum” back in 2006 there have been pre-Budget rumours that it was going to change – and not for the better.
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Failed SIPP firm clients updated ahead of legal judgment
Clients of failed SIPP provider Hartley Pensions Limited - who have had funds ring-fenced - have been given an update from joint administrators UHY Hacker Young ahead of a legal judgment expected in late October.
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5 year gap between dream retirement age and expectation
While people dream about retiring at 62 they do not expect to be able to retire until they hit 67, according to new research.
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Sales of escalating annuities surge
Sales of escalating Guaranteed Income for Life annuities that have some inflation protection, accounted for a fifth of all sales in 2024/25 and have increased by 17% year-on-year.
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Tilley: Let’s end the SIPP vs SSAS debate for good
As you might know from my previous columns on SIPPs Professional, I am, and have been for some time, a huge advocate for Small Self-Administered Schemes (SSAS).
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Lisa Webster: Pre-Budget withdrawals are spiking again
Ever since “tax-free cash” changed its official name to “pension commencement lump sum” back in 2006 there have been pre-Budget rumours that it was going to change – and not for the better.
There are now nearly 612,000 people aged 90 or over living in the UK, with the number heading upwards, according to analysis of official figures from retirement specialist Just Group.
Only 60% of professional investors are prepared financially for longer life cycles, with a high proportion, 40%, highlighting a lack of preparedness.
Savers continue to face unnecessary delays when transferring their pensions, with the latest data revealing that some transfers take more than two months to complete.
From 6 April, the state pension will increase by 4.1%, as calculated by the ‘triple lock’, and so above the latest inflation figure of 2.8%.
Industry collaboration fintech Origo’s newly-launched Unipass Transfer Tracking service has seen more than 10,000 pension transfers searched for by advisers since it went live on Monday 3 March.
AJ Bell has agreed to sell its Platinum SIPP and SSAS business to InvestAcc Group for £25m, with the deal expected to complete in the second half of this year.