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Thursday, 26 March 2015 11:40

Regulator pushes pensions dashboard proposal

Christopher Woolard, director of strategy and competition at the FCA

The Financial Conduct Authority is proposing a pensions dashboard allowing consumers to see all their pension pots in one place, following a study on retirement income it carried out last year.

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Thursday, 26 March 2015 11:38

Checking up on Pension Wise to cost FCA £400k every year

Checking up on the bodies that will provide the new Pension Wise service will cost the FCA nearly £400,000 every year and an initial outlay of nearly £600,000.

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Monday, 23 March 2015 11:19

Sipp as originally envisaged "now endangered" 25 years on

John Moret, the inaugural chairman of the Sipp Provider Group

The Sipp as originally envisaged by former Chancellor Nigel Lawson is "now an endangered species", a leading expert says, as the 25th anniversary of its creation was marked.

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Monday, 16 March 2015 11:48

Sipps firm warns over annuity re-sale plan dangers

Dangers lie ahead for consumers under plans for the re-selling of existing annuity contracts, a Sipps firm has warned.

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Thursday, 12 March 2015 13:05

Annuity re-sales could be in next week's Budget

The final Budget of this Parliament may feature plans which could lead to a new market in second-hand annuities.

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Tuesday, 10 March 2015 10:31

MPs warn over pension protection for savers

An influential group of MPs has questioned if there is strong enough protection for savers under the new pensions rules.

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Friday, 06 March 2015 12:25

Breakfast seminars on Sipps and SSAS to help advisers

claire Trott, head of technical support at Talbot and Muir

Special breakfast events to help advisers untangle the web of rule changes to pensions – particularly their impact on Sipps and SSAS - will take place in April.

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Thursday, 05 March 2015 15:01

Standard Life to drop flexible drawdown charges

Standard Life has said it will drop drawdown charges as it prepares for the new pension freedom rules to kick in.

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Friday, 27 February 2015 13:09

Tax relief on pensions to be cut to fund Labour tuition fee pledge

Labour has announced that it will fund a cut in university tuition fees through reducing the tax relief on pension contributions for the highest-earners.

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Friday, 27 February 2015 13:07