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Tilley: Will IHT reforms really threaten pension saving?
The Government’s decision to bring most unused pension funds and lump sum death benefits within the scope of inheritance tax (IHT) from 6 April 2027 has provoked widespread criticism from across the pensions industry. Providers, advisers and trade bodies have warned that the change risks undermining confidence in pension saving and damaging long term retirement provision.
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Lisa Webster: Charity giving from pensions
I’m sure many of you reading this on SIPPs Professional will have had more than a few conversations with clients about estate planning – especially considering the news that pensions are to be included in the value of the estate for IHT purposes from April 2027.
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Lisa Webster: Salary sacrifice cap will hit some hard
The headline story from Budget 2025 - in the pension world at least - was the plan to cap National Insurance relief for pension contributions paid through salary sacrifice at £2,000 a year.
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Lisa Webster: Pension age uncertainty lingers on
We’ve known for many years that normal minimum pension age, NMPA it's known, is going up.
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TPR warns of rise in attempts to 'steal' pensions
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has warned that fraudsters are increasingly trying to impersonate pension savers to steal their pensions.
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Lisa Webster: Pension age uncertainty lingers on
We’ve known for many years that normal minimum pension age, NMPA it's known, is going up.
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FCA green lights sale of troubled WH Ireland
The FCA has approved the takeover of troubled Financial Planner and wealth manager WH Ireland by Jersey-based wealth manager Team plc.
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53% of advised clients worrying about tax
More than half of advised clients (53%) say they are more worried about tax concerns than they were a year ago, according to a new survey of advised clients.
Advice and Financial Planning assets grew by over 6% to over £11bn at wealth manager and Financial Planner and SIPP firm Mattioli Woods for the year ending 31 May.
Sales of Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs) bounced back in 2022 to reach nearly 900,000 new plans arranged - the highest level since 2018.
Octopus-owned investment platform Seccl has launched a fully digital and paperless drawdown SIPP.
A former SIPP administrator has been recruited as a Chartered Financial Planner by Coventry-based BRI Wealth Management.
The SIPP market saw 9 products pulled but 15 new plans launched during the 2022/23 fiscal year, according to an exclusive report for Financial Planning Today magazine, a sister publication to SIPPs Professional.
Financial adviser Denis Lee Morgan has been banned by the FCA from advising on pension transfers and opt outs following British Steel Pension Scheme advice failings.