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  • James Jones-Tinsley: Aiming for an advice-guidance sweetspot

    As Nikhil Rathi is reappointed as CEO of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for another five years, the FCA has set out its strategic direction for 2025/26, with important implications for financial advisers.

  • Lisa Webster: Over-taxation of pensions remains an issue

    HMRC’s January pension schemes newsletter announced changes to tax codes for pensions, and a few headlines followed proclaiming HMRC had finally fixed the over-taxation issue. It would be fantastic if that was the case, but despite nearly 10 years of getting it wrong, the problem isn’t resolved yet.

  • Lisa Webster: Divorce impact on lump sums raises question

    The lifetime allowance may have been consigned to the annals of history but the various forms of protection are still relevant in the new world, especially when it comes to the amount of pension commencement lump sum (PCLS) that can be taken.

  • Martin Tilley: How education can tackle pension scams

    The dark reality of pension scams is that we don’t really know how common they are. Fraud is a crime which tends to have low reporting events and with pension scams, it’s no different. The emotional toll can be as large as the financial, with some people being too embarrassed to report that they have been the victim of a scam.

  • Lisa Webster: Maximising protected tax-free cash

    While 2024 ended with a lot of doom and gloom in the pension world following the big announcement on inheritance tax (IHT), there was some good news that may have slipped under the radar of some advisers.

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The FCA has today forced a further three firms to reverse the effects of misleading British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) offers.

New data published today by the Department for Work & Pensions shows the gender pension gap stood at 35% for the period between 2018-2020.

A former senior official at the Pensions Regulator has called for members of DB pension schemes to benefit from the same flexibility as those with DC schemes have.

Spending on new technology is the biggest driver of increased investment by adviser firms ahead of the implementation of Consumer Duty coming into effect from the end of July.

SIPP provider Curtis Banks has launched a new tree planning initiative that will see more than 38,000 trees planted during 2023.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has launched an investigation into Newport-based Niche Independent Financial Advisers Ltd (FRN: 472635).

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