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Having just had the last Spring Budget, delivered by a very humorous Chancellor Philip Hammond, it is back to the day job, with thankfully few further changes to our ever complex pensions regime.
As I am getting older, I don’t know if my tolerance levels are lower than they once were but at the moment, every time I read a story about the number of SIPP complaints being received by The Financial Services Compensation Scheme and Pensions Ombudsman it makes my blood boil.
I always take an interest in the figures from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) about SIPP claims.
Those of a certain vintage will remember the animated children’s TV programme, “Mr Benn”, where each episode featured the line, “and then – as if by magic – the shopkeeper appeared”.
Two of the big things on the pension calendar for 2017 are John Cridland’s review of the state pension age and the review of auto enrolment. I like to think that the two reviews are linked in a linear way.
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.
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.
The one pension topic guaranteed to create a healthy discussion is that of defined benefit (DB) transfers.
After serving six years on the AMPS Committee, three years of which as Chairman, I felt that it was the right time to step down and let someone else take the helm.
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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