Comment and Blogs
I decided to try and avoid the Brexit vote for a little longer and thought the best way to do this was to run a marathon around a forest.
The third edition of the Retirement Market Data Bulletin has recently been released and although it makes interesting reading, I suppose it does leave many questions unanswered.
One of the Chancellor’s ‘rabbits from his hat’ in this year’s Budget was the Lifetime ISA.
In the lead up to the Spring budget there was a fair amount of speculation about what major (negative) changes were going to be made to pensions.
I try to avoid speculating on the outcomes of the Budget. However as this year’s fast approaches one can’t help but take a great deal of interest on the various views being expressed on what will be the aftermath of the Green Paper – Strengthening the incentive to save: a consultation on pension tax relief. So I think this time I will take a punt.
A pretty solid pension’s day was had earlier this month, with an eloquent debate in the House of Commons about equalisation of state pension ages.