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Thursday, 03 September 2015 07:18

Sipp offered on new direct-to-consumer online platform

A Sipp has been made available on a new direct-to-consumer online platform aimed at retirees.

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Tuesday, 01 September 2015 11:42

One in ten retirees have £100k worth of debts - report

Debts of as much as £100,000 are following people into their life after work, a report on retirement planning has shown.

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Wednesday, 26 August 2015 09:40

Neil MacGillivray: I hope tax relief decisions not already taken

Neil MacGillivray, chairman of the Association of Member-directed Pension Schemes and head of technical support at James Hay Partnership

I would recommend that everyone takes time to read the Green Paper called 'strengthening the incentive to save' – a consultation on pension tax relief.

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Monday, 24 August 2015 12:39

'Providers failing over auto enrolment choices for employers'

Nearly 8 in 10 advisers expect growing numbers of pension providers will not offer their auto enrolment schemes to businesses with fewer than 30 employees.

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Friday, 21 August 2015 12:34

'Fun loving retirees blowing our inheritance', say kids

Ten per cent of grown up children claim their parents are having ‘too much fun’ and ‘blowing’ their inheritance, as a generational financial tug of war takes place, according to a retirement report.

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Thursday, 20 August 2015 12:47

Retiree risk - Pension firm's fear as research says poor choices being made

A pensions expert says she has been disturbed to discover the new freedoms may be working to the detriment of many retirees as they take out their cash and stash it in savings accounts, suffering a tax hit as a consequence.

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Tuesday, 18 August 2015 11:56

11% of over 60s say: We don't ever intend to retire

Andrew Tully, pensions technical director at Retirement Advantage

More than one in ten people aged over 60 have no plans to ever retire, fresh research has suggested.

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Monday, 17 August 2015 10:19

Mattioli Woods to spend £14.6m on new offices for 600 staff

Mattioli Woods is to spend nearly £15m to build a new central Leicester office.

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Tuesday, 11 August 2015 12:28

Danger looms for smaller firms as auto-enrolment data shock awaits

The Pensions Regulator recently stated that only 46 per cent of those staging in 2017 were aware of their responsibilities.

Many of the nearly two million small employers approaching their pensions auto-enrolment staging dates are in danger of missing deadlines by underestimating the amount of data needed to complete the process, an advice firm has warned.

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Thursday, 06 August 2015 11:48