Latest Blogs
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Tilley: Pensions Commission must push reform...and quickly
Recent news of the revival of a Pensions Commission was music to my ears.
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Lisa Webster: Till pensions do us part
There have been some fluctuations in recent years but overall divorce rates in the UK have been in decline since the 1990s.
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Tilley: Let’s end the SIPP vs SSAS debate for good
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).
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Lisa Webster: Pre-Budget withdrawals are spiking again
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.
Popular News
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SIPP market tops 6m plans but may be peaking - study
The SIPP market has grown strongly in the past year with a record 6m+ SIPPs in force and £650bn invested, according to MoretoSIPPs, the specialist consultancy headed by SIPP industry veteran John Moret.
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AMPS reappoints Debbie Seaton as chair
The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS), a trade body for SIPP and SSAS providers, has reappointed Debbie Seaton of Seabridge SSAS as its chair.
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Nest abandoned by 10m workers
Less than a third of members of the Nest Pension scheme are paying into their retirement pots, according to new data released under an FOI request.
Adviser platform Transact has added the ability to open existing clients’ pension wrappers, such as personal pensions and SIPPs, online.
SIPP and SSAS provider @sipp has appointed Josh Legg as business development manager.
A Shropshire-based pension adviser - an appointed rep of failed firm Tenet Connect Limited - has itself been declared as failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, opening the door to compensation claims.
Leicester-based WBR Group, a provider of SSASs and tax advice, has acquired SSAS administrator NM Perris & Co Ltd.
More than two fifths (44%) of people in the UK have not written a will, nor are they currently in the process of doing so, according to new research.
The aggregate surplus of DB pension schemes increased to £485.1bn at the end of October, according to the latest Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 Index.