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Xafinity cuts set-up rates for SimplySipp product

Pension provider Xafinity has cut its SimplySipp full set-up fee by £100 to just £150 plus VAT per client.

Mattioli Woods sees strong increase in revenue and assets

Sipp provider Mattioli Woods has seen its revenue increase by 33 per cent to £20.5m, up from £15.4m in 2011.

Pension top-up could help higher taxpayers avoid child benefit cut

Prudential says that one in six high earners can expect to see their child benefit payments reduced under new rules and an estimated 36,000 taxpayers could increase their pension savings to avoid the new tax.

Higher rate taxpayers missing out on pension benefits

One in four higher rate taxpayers do not contribute to a pension, according to Prudential, despite the attraction of tax relief.

Advisers failing to see potential of joint commercial property in Sipps

Sole commercial property purchases in Sipps are a popular choice for advisers but the majority are failing to offer joint commercial property purchases, according to Suffolk Life.

Trade body questions regulators’ approach to tackling Sipp fraud

The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes is demanding more effort to halt the promotion of UCIS (unregulated collective investments schemes) to the public.