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James Hay Sipp sales and client numbers on the increase

Sipp sales at James Hay increased by 26% in the first half of 2015, the firm reported this morning.

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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Complaints league for life and pensions revealed by FOS

Prudential has come top in the complaints league for life, pensions and decumulation, published by the Financial Ombudsman Service for the first half of 2015.

'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.

'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.

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.