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James Jones-Tinsley: Guided Retirement Duty could be game changer
During May, the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI), sponsored by The Pensions Regulator (TPR), concluded that defined contribution (DC) pension savers – including those in SIPPs, as well as in Workplace Pensions - require more guidance when choosing suitable retirement products.
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Lisa Webster: Overcomplicated rules are a threat
It may be more than a year since the Lifetime Allowance was formally abolished but issues are still emerging from the mess made by rushed legislation.
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Lisa Webster: To gift or not to gift?
Since the announcement that pensions are to be included in estates for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes the question of whether those with large pension pots should be giving some funds away has become increasingly common.
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Barnett Waddingham appoints new CEO of BW SIPP
Pensions and SIPP consultancy Barnett Waddingham has promoted Nick Cooper to be CEO of BW SIPP, as the business says it enters a new phase focused on market growth.
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State pension gender gap ‘almost eliminated’
The gender pension gap has been almost completely eliminated when it comes to the state pensions of people retiring today, according to new data.
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Pension transfer times fell after tax year end
Simpler pension transfers took an average of just 10.8 days to complete as the industry moved out of the busy tax year end period and into early summer.
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Pension saving strong, but gender gap remains
Pension savers have maintained strong contribution levels in the first half of 2025, sustaining the record momentum seen in 2024, according to new analysis of their own customers by PensionBee.
Pension savers have reclaimed £693m in overpaid pension tax since pension freedoms were introduced in April 2015.
Wealth manager and SIPP provider Mattioli Woods has bought London-based Financial Planner Montagu Limited in a deal worth up to £2.34m.
Retirement solutions and platform provider Embark has launched an Investment Pathways tool to help non-advised customers move their pensions into income drawdown.
Hargreaves Lansdown has seen the average age of clients drop from 45 to 37 in what it believes is a significant shift in its client demographics, it revealed today in its half yearly results.
Pension savers withdrew £9.4bn flexibly using the Pension Freedoms in 2020, new HMRC data reveals.
EU-headquartered robo-adviser Scalable Capital, which offered SIPPs and ISAs, is to close its UK business.