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Thursday, 22 October 2015 12:22

Retirees' incomes higher than rest of society for first time

IFS director Paul Johnson's IFS website biography

Pensioners have higher incomes on average than the rest of the population for the first time, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has reported.

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Monday, 19 October 2015 10:31

Baroness Altmann: We need to be careful over Sipps cost and flexibility

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Tuesday, 13 October 2015 11:23

Summer pension fraud losses reach nearly £2.5m, police reveal

HMRC warned about sophisticated scammers in August

Losses due to pension scams were close to £2,500,000 from July to August, police figures have indicated.

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Monday, 12 October 2015 10:52

The ISA warehouse: think tank's radical savings reforms

Michael Johnson, a research fellow and pensions analyst at the CPS

A radical overhaul of the pensions and savings system should include the creation of ‘an ISA warehouse’, a Centre for Policy Studies analyst has proposed.

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Thursday, 08 October 2015 10:39

Couples look to use pension changes to leave inheritance

A quarter of couples plan to take advantage of pension freedoms to make sure they leave an inheritance to their families, according to new research.

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Tuesday, 06 October 2015 11:42

New pension freedoms will be curtailed, predicts Groves

Partnership chief executive Steve Groves has forecast that the new pension freedoms will eventually be curtailed.

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Monday, 05 October 2015 09:13

Overgenerous grandparents risk leaving themselves short

Parents and grandparents who gift money to their grown-up children and grandchildren risk compromising their own standard of living by being too generous, according to a new study by Investec Wealth & Investment.

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Thursday, 01 October 2015 10:38

Growth expected in post-retirement advice due to pension reforms

The pension reforms and the rise in life expectancy are fuelling demand for financial advice during retirement, according to research among financial advisers.

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Wednesday, 30 September 2015 10:43

Neil MacGillivray: Time bomb ticking

Neil MacGillivray, chairman of the Association of Member-directed Pension Schemes and head of technical support at James Hay Partnership

Now nominations are nothing new, members have been able to nominate dependants to receive pension death benefits and beneficiaries to receive a lump sum.

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Wednesday, 30 September 2015 10:36