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  • James Jones-Tinsley: Aiming for an advice-guidance sweetspot

    As Nikhil Rathi is reappointed as CEO of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for another five years, the FCA has set out its strategic direction for 2025/26, with important implications for financial advisers.

  • Lisa Webster: Maximising protected tax-free cash

    While 2024 ended with a lot of doom and gloom in the pension world following the big announcement on inheritance tax (IHT), there was some good news that may have slipped under the radar of some advisers.

  • James Jones-Tinsley: Guided Retirement Duty could be game changer

    During May, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI), sponsored by The Pensions Regulator (TPR), concluded that defined contribution (DC) pension savers – including those in SIPPs, as well as in Workplace Pensions - require more guidance when choosing suitable retirement products.

  • Tilley: Is the age 75 trigger date now irrelevant?

    Age 75 has been an important milestone in pension rules since A day in 2006. It was the latest age at which a compulsory annuity purchase was required (prior to Pensions Freedoms). It's arguably it’s long been an arbitrary line in the sand, noting that life expectancy has been on the increase for the last 20 years, but this trigger age has remained unchanged.

  • Lisa Webster: Overcomplicated rules are a threat

    It may be more than a year since the Lifetime Allowance was formally abolished but issues are still emerging from the mess made by rushed legislation.

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Just a tenth of the population holds 64% of total pension wealth in the UK, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.

SIPP provider and investment platform AJ Bell has appointed deputy CEO Michael Summersgill to succeed founder Andy Bell as CEO from 1 October, subject to regulatory approval.

Annuity rates have hit their highest point in eight years, with a further surge in annuity income expected if the Bank of England raises interest rates today, according to a new report.

Over one in ten (12%) of financial Planners have seen clients postpone retirement due to the cost of living crisis.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has called for views on decumulation and helping savers understand their pension choices.

The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, the professional body for Certified Financial Planners and other finance professionals, has appointed Tracy Vegro, a director at the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority, as its news chief executive.

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