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Whatever happened to the reform of pension tax relief?
The Government’s plans to resolve the injustices of the Pension Tax Relief system appear to have been ditched. Announced in the budget of 2015, expected in that year’s autumn statement and postponed in the months running up to this year’s … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged Business, pensions, Philip Hammond, reform, tax relief
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Tax-subsidies on retirement advice; a waste of public funds!
The Government intends to extend tax breaks on pensions to allow those with pension pots to use them to pay for advice. The details are in this consultation document. The fundamental premise is that taking financial advice on retirement matters … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, consultant, dc pensions, de-risking, defined ambition, pensions
Tagged advice, Advisor charging, de-risking, FAMR, pensions, RDR, Retirement, Tax, tax relief
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A tragic tale of a split pension.
This is the sad story of how someone, intent on running her finances independently of her “ex”, destroyed her personal financial security. It relates to a former member of my family and I am desperately sorry for her, … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged divorce, emotion, Financial services, pension splitting, Retirement, separation, tragedy, Transfer
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“Workie Vicit” – tPR on the state of AE
The Pension Regulator has published its snappily entitled Automatic enrolment commentary and analysis report 2015/16 The first question I asked as I opened its 45 pages was “who’s it for?“. TPR’s primary stakeholder is the DWP which funds it and … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, D, DB, DWP, Mastertrust, NEST, staging, the Pensions Regualtor, TPR, Workie
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Sorry tales from the riverbank.
I am on the river at last and Lady Lucy is in good shape for her five day Henley escapade. I had thought that escaping to Hurley and the Thames to have put behind me the tension from the referendum, … Continue reading
The soft underbelly of master trusts
Many master trusts are absolutely rotten – they are not fit for purpose. Lots of advisers are using them as a back door way of bringing in commission, dressed up as high governance charges. The words of Barnett Waddingham’s … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged auto enrolment, charges, DWP, Employment, Financial services, governance, Government, master trust, National Employment Savings Trust, Retirement, soft underbelly, The Pensions Regulator, trust, underbelly
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Unbiased?
We all know that when we go on Google or Twitter, certain search results or tweets are promoted. We know that they are at the top of the list because they are market as promoted. The products that lie behind … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, IFA, pension, pension playpen, unbiased, workplace pension, www.pensionplaypen.com
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Sorting the sheep from the goats
On Wednesday March 9th, the Work and Pensions Committee met to discuss auto-enrolment. This blog looks at this conversation in some detail. It concludes that there is an urgent need for Government to clarify what liability there is on an employer … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, financial advice, Government, IGC, journey, master trusts, pensions, Providers, Ros Altmann
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Top 5 AE myths revealed – top blog from NOW pensions
Thanks to NOW Pensions for this healthy myth-buster – we’ll be spreading the word so no-one gets left behind This year up to 500,000 small firms will have to comply with the new auto enrolment legislation introducing workplace pensions for … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, auto entolment, Morton, mythbuster, no-one gets left bhind, NOW Pensions
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