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Tuesday, 23 May 2017 15:15
'SSAS experts must use their knowledge to fight scams'
SSAS experts must use their knowledge and skill to help clamp down on scams.
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Tuesday, 16 May 2017 11:06
Jones-Tinsley: HMRC’s long-winded no to in specie pensions
Regular readers may recall that my blog in November 2016 focused on HMRC unexpectedly challenging SIPP providers on whether net pension contributions could be made in specie, (that is, a change of legal ownership without any sell/buy transactions), and still receive tax relief.
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Thursday, 30 March 2017 11:46
Jones-Tinsley: Closing date looms for Individual Protection 2014
A-Day on 6 April 2006 ushered in a new taxation regime for pensions, under the heading of Pension Simplification (no sniggering at the back, please).
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Friday, 17 February 2017 13:20
'Stunned' AMPS says no to outlawing SSAS
The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) has rejected a call to outlaw SSAS schemes to cut down on pension scams and says it is “stunned” the idea has been proposed.
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Wednesday, 15 February 2017 12:19
Senior regulator wants ban on SSAS pension transfers
An executive director at The Pensions Regulator has called for pension transfers to SSAS to be banned.
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Wednesday, 25 January 2017 11:43
Claire Trott: Provider blame should shift to member or adviser
I have just been reading the appeal of an unauthorised payment charge on a Sipp member where an investment was made into a company and from this investment a loan was made to the member.
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Thursday, 05 January 2017 12:10
Sipp body reveals trio of Lifetime Members and new chair
The industry body representing Sipp and SSAS providers has handed out a trio of Honorary Lifetime Memberships.
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Thursday, 29 December 2016 16:14
Jones-Tinsley: Pension change a ‘sledgehammer to crack a walnut’
Reduction in the MPAA: a sign of things to come?
Sitting here amidst a post-Christmas lull, whilst tucking into a seventh meal comprised of turkey, my mind naturally drifts to the Autumn Statement consultation about reducing the Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA) from £10,000 to £4,000 with effect from 6 April 2017.
Sitting here amidst a post-Christmas lull, whilst tucking into a seventh meal comprised of turkey, my mind naturally drifts to the Autumn Statement consultation about reducing the Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA) from £10,000 to £4,000 with effect from 6 April 2017.
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Wednesday, 14 December 2016 11:59
Claire Trott: Hiring hard enough without gender diversity goals
Today saw the release of the ‘Women In Finance’ charter and although I haven’t really been engaged in the production of this, I decided as a woman, maybe I should take a look to see if I was missing out on something that might change my life or the life of my colleagues.
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Thursday, 08 December 2016 10:56
Former Hornbuckle director hired by SSAS provider Rowanmoor
A former Hornbuckle sales director has been hired by SSAS provider Rowanmoor Group.
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