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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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Retirees are set to receive a 8.5% increase to their State Pension from April next year as CPI inflation held steady at 6.7% for the year ending September.

After intense pressure from several quarters, wealth manager St James's Place said today that it would scrap most exit charges in a major overhaul due to be implemented in the second half of 2025.

Liverpool wealth manager Blankstone Sington (FRN 143694) has gone into special administration following a company-requested court order under the Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011.

St James's Place, one of the UK’s largest wealth managers and a significant SIPP adviser, suffered a 21% fall in its share price at one point today after announcing a review of its much-criticised fees and charges.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared Cavendish Incorporated Ltd (FRN: 942176) as in default, opening the door for consumer claims against the firm.

Four Financial Planning and wealth management firms are included in the table of most complained-against financial services firms published by the Financial Ombudsman Service for the first half of 2023.

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