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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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Close to two thirds (61%) of Financial Planners believe pension and retail investment products will see a boost from the FCA’s new Consumer Duty.

The Government has confirmed that it intends to move forward with major reforms to automatic enrolment pensions.

SIPP and pensions provider STM Group has agreed in principle to a £41m takeover bid from Guernsey-based investment vehicle PSF Capital GP II Limited, better known as Pension SuperFund Capital.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will today promise “evolutionary not revolutionary” pension reforms to unlock capital for high-growth businesses and boost outcomes for pension savers.

The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a new 'Midlife' MOT website to help older workers with their 'Financial Planning' and careers options.

Advice and Financial Planning assets grew by over 6% to over £11bn at wealth manager and Financial Planner and SIPP firm Mattioli Woods for the year ending 31 May.

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