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James Jones-Tinsley: Guided Retirement Duty could be game changer
During May, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI), sponsored by The Pensions Regulator (TPR), concluded that defined contribution (DC) pension savers – including those in SIPPs, as well as in Workplace Pensions - require more guidance when choosing suitable retirement products.
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Lisa Webster: Overcomplicated rules are a threat
It may be more than a year since the Lifetime Allowance was formally abolished but issues are still emerging from the mess made by rushed legislation.
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Lisa Webster: To gift or not to gift?
Since the announcement that pensions are to be included in estates for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes the question of whether those with large pension pots should be giving some funds away has become increasingly common.
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6 in court over £75m complex SIPP fraud
Six people were due to appear in court this week over a pension fund and SIPP fraud which involved £75m being invested in storage units in the North of England and Scotland.
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IHT on pension pots will hit bank of Mum and Dad
Charging inheritance tax on unused pension funds will create confusion and increase the risk of gifting mistakes for the Bank of Mum and Dad and Gran and Grandad, equity release specialist Key Advice has warned.
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40m pension records connected to Dashboards ecosystem
More than 40m pension records have connected to the Pensions Dashboards ecosystem since April.
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Average annuity value soars 160% in 5 years
The average value of an annuity has soared 160% since 2021, according to newly-published client data from Hargreaves Lansdown.
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Younger investors bet on property and pensions for retirement
The majority of Millennials (56%) and Gen Z (62%) see a mixture of pension and property as their main retirement asset, according to new research.
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Thousands sign pension-switch petition
A petition calling for a 10-day pension switch guarantee has attracted more than 2,000 signatures in its first two weeks.
SIPP and SSAS provider @sipp has appointed Josh Legg as business development manager.
A Shropshire-based pension adviser - an appointed rep of failed firm Tenet Connect Limited - has itself been declared as failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, opening the door to compensation claims.
Leicester-based WBR Group, a provider of SSASs and tax advice, has acquired SSAS administrator NM Perris & Co Ltd.
More than two fifths (44%) of people in the UK have not written a will, nor are they currently in the process of doing so, according to new research.
The aggregate surplus of DB pension schemes increased to £485.1bn at the end of October, according to the latest Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 Index.
The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS), the industry body representing SIPP and SSAS providers, has appointed Debbie Seaton of Seabridge SSAS Ltd as its new chair, taking over from Andrew Phipps.