Latest Columns
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
Popular News
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Government to increase SSAS scam protections
The Government has issued draft regulations to address concerns about scam risks for members of small self-administered schemes (SSAS).
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Transact adds new trust to help with IHT pension tax
Transact has unveiled the new Flexible Reversionary Trust (FRT) which it says will help advisers prepare for the April 2027 IHT changes when unused pension funds will be subject to IHT.
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James Jones-Tinsley: The pension challenges ahead
On 19 May, the Pensions Commission published its Interim Report on the state of retirement saving in the UK.
Tricia Lucey, business and compliance manager at Luna Investment Management, has been appointed as the new President of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment Manchester and North West district branch committee.
Despite the cost of living crisis, only a minority of consumers are prepared to reduce their pension contributions, according to a study.
Pensions Minister Laura Trott has backed a call from three scam-fighting bodies warning pension scheme trustees and savers of a potential increased risk from scammers seeking to cash in on economic uncertainty.
Transact parent IntegraFin Holdings issued a trading statement today saying that the group was “performing well” with adjusted pre-tax profit for the year ended 30 September expected to be “moderately above” the top end of analysts’ estimates.
A total of over £114bn has been invested in Automatic Enrolment pensions by nearly 11m people since they were first launched 10 years ago, new government figures published today show.
Christine Hallett founded retirement and SIPP provider Options UK (formerly Carey Pensions) in 2009 and is MD of the company, now part of STM Group. Here, the Options MD talks exclusively about her business following the controversial Adams case, her views on the SIPP market and her plans for the future.





