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  • Tilley: Rebooting the FOS makes sense

    I’ve written before about the lack of coherence in the UK’s pension complaints landscape and it remains a source of real frustration for those of us working in the sector.

  • Lisa Webster: Pension age uncertainty lingers on

    We’ve known for many years that normal minimum pension age, NMPA it's known, is going up.

  • Tilley: Are we asking too much of pension savers?

    Working in UK pensions, I’ve always accepted that the system evolves. Fiscal pressures change, demographics shift, and governments recalibrate policy objectives. But even allowing for that, the pace and volume of legislative change in the pensions space over the last few years feels unprecedented, and in my view increasingly problematic.

  • Lisa Webster: Beware IHT and pensions double taxation

    One of the most disliked aspects of bringing pensions into the estate for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes from 6 April 2027 is the double taxation that will occur when the member dies on or after their 75th birthday.

  • Lisa Webster: Should tax-free cash always be taken?

    Since the Lifetime Allowance was abolished and replaced with the Lump Sum Allowance (LSA) and lump sum and death benefit allowance (LSDBA), we have seen an increase in SIPP members who want to take drawdown only – foregoing the right to take the associated pension commencement lump sum (PCLS).

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The Financial Conduct Authority is changing its enforcement approach as it aims to act faster and with more transparency.

There was a record high in demand for annuities among advisers in the first half of the year, according to figures published today by pensions technology provider iPipeline.

Nearly half (49%) of workers aged 50 or older want to phase into retirement (32%) or have already done so (17%), according to a new survey.

Latest figures from HMRC reveal that the total government tax 'take' jumped £8.9bn year on year in the latest five month period.

Some investment and SIPP providers have been retaining interest earned on cash-holdings to subsidise loss-making platforms, according to an FCA study published today.

Financial Planner and SIPP adviser Brooks Macdonald has acquired Norwich-based Lucas Fettes Financial Planning for an undisclosed amount.

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