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Hargreaves Lansdown hits landmark 2m clients
Investment platform and SIPP provider Hargreaves Lansdown has notched up its milestone 2 millionth client and has also seen record assets under management, according to its 2025 Annual Report.
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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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JPMorgan to replace Nutmeg with new investment platform
JPMorgan is to launch a retail wealth management and investment business with its own DIY investment platform next month.
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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.
The State Pension age may need to rise as high as 80 to deal with a long term funding crisis, according to new modelling by pension consultants and actuaries Barnett Waddingham.
Six people have been charged over a pension fund and SIPP fraud which involved £75m being invested into storage units in the North of England and Scotland.
SIPP operator Corporate & Professional Pensions Ltd (FRN: 465748) has been declared in default by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Inheritance tax receipts for April to June were £2.2bn, over £100m higher than the same period last year, according to new HMRC figures published today.
The restricted remit of the new Pensions Commission will limit its ability to deal with the scale of the problem, according to LCP partner and former Pensions Minister Steve Webb.
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall has confirmed that the third statutory Government review into when and how to raise the State Pension age will begin straightaway.