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Elaine Turtle: Capital adequacy – the unintended consequences

When SIPPs were created in Chancellor Lawson’s Budget speech back in 1989, the world was a different place. We were pre-financial crisis, pre-simplification, pre-freedom and choice and less engaged with saving for the long term, in part due to the pensions industry having been dominated by DB schemes.

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Pension firm offers £100 off Black Friday deal

To coincide with the Black Friday shopping frenzy today, pension and software provider Selectapension is offering financial advisers up to £100 off all new subscriptions.

Planners relieved at lack of Budget pensions "tinkering"

Financial Planners have reacted with relief that pensions were largely left untouched by the Chancellor in today’s Budget and were broadly positive on some of the moves to help first time buyers.

Key measures announced in Budget Nov 17

Here are some of the key points from the Chancellor’s Budget Nov 2017 announcements:

Directors banned for misusing pension liberation scheme

The directors of a payday loan company who used money from a pension liberation scheme to pay off company debts have been banned for a total of 20 years.

Most advisers want lifetime allowance axed

Nearly six out of 10 financial advisers want the pensions lifetime allowance abolished, according to a poll of 102 advisers by SIPP provider Momentum.