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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.
Almost a fifth of retirees are being forced to return to work or to consider doing so because of struggling finances, research from Standard Life has revealed.
Schroders and the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) have today launched what they've called a Lifetime Savings Initiative, a project to shine a light on the challenges facing UK savers.
A 65-year-old with a £100,000 pension could get themselves up to £7,430 per year from an annuity, the highest since last October, according to data from Hargreaves Lansdown.
Private equity investor Pollen Street Capital is to acquire SIPPs and Financial Planning firm Mattioli Woods in a £432m deal announced today.
Underlying profit before tax rose 18% year-on-year to £17.1m (H1 FY23: £14.5m) for wealth manager and Financial Planner Brooks Macdonald for the six months ended 31 December.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has reaffirmed the Government’s plans to give people one ‘pension pot for life’, moveable from job to job, despite concerns shared by the financial advice industry.