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.
SIPP and SSAS provider body the Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) has called on the DWP to announce a timetable for decisions over the future of its general levy.
The Financial Services Compensation scheme has declared two financial advice firms as failed including a firm which provided advice on SIPPs.
The FCA has cancelled the permission of KBFS Financial Limited (FRN: 831504) to carry out regulated business following restrictions imposed in October over concerns about its failure to pay redress to former members of the British Steel Pension Scheme.
The FSCS has declared a Portuguese financial firm involved in the UK SIPP market in breach of its regulatory permissions as failed.
Liverpool wealth manager Blankstone Sington Ltd (FRN: 143694) has been declared as failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Net adviser platform flows fell to £655m in the fourth quarter of 2023, their lowest total on record, according to analyst Fundscape.