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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.

  • Tilley: Is the age 75 trigger date now irrelevant?

    Age 75 has been an important milestone in pension rules since A day in 2006. It was the latest age at which a compulsory annuity purchase was required (prior to Pensions Freedoms). It's arguably it’s long been an arbitrary line in the sand, noting that life expectancy has been on the increase for the last 20 years, but this trigger age has remained unchanged.

  • 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.

  • 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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SIPP provider DAC Pensions - which had more than 600 clients and nearly £27m in assets under administration - has been declared in default by the FSCS, opening the door to compensation claims.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt shocked the pensions sector in his Budget today by announcing that he would 'scrap' the pensions Lifetime Allowance and increase the annual allowance from £40,000 to £60,000.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared Cardiff-based pension firm The London Trading Company (UK) Ltd (FRN: 678985) in default.

Pensions and SIPP provider @SIPP has announced the death of its founder and chairman Colin Barral at the age of 64.

 

Platform Transact has embargoed staff leave for several weeks to cope with the end of tax year rush.

The FCA has approved the first Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF) with Schroders becoming the inaugural provider.

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