Recent news of the revival of a Pensions Commission was music to my ears.

There have been some fluctuations in recent years but overall divorce rates in the UK have been in decline since the 1990s.

As you might know from my previous columns on SIPPs Professional, I am, and have been for some time, a huge advocate for Small Self-Administered Schemes (SSAS).

Ever since “tax-free cash” changed its official name to “pension commencement lump sum” back in 2006 there have been pre-Budget rumours that it was going to change – and not for the better.

Pension transfer values have fallen 6% since the start of 2025, despite a modest increase in September.

Britain’s pension providers and insurers have joined forces with the government to back a regional growth drive through a new group which will be launched at the first-ever Regional Investment Summit on Tuesday.

The government’s Pension Tracing Service received 273,709 calls from people keen to trace their lost retirement savings between 1 January 2021 and 29 September 2025.

Investment platform and SIPP provider AJ Bell has reported 6% growth in advised customer numbers (year on year) to 182,000 for the three months ended 30 September.