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Tag Archives: advice
Fintech must Bee for a clear purpose
I’m looking forward to a breakfast meeting at the CSFI to hear a conversation between Romi Savova and several sceptics who don’t get the Pension Bee proposition. As I’ve mentioned on this blog several times, I admire Pension Bee and … Continue reading
My call for an end to contingent fees on DB pension transfers
Calls to keep contingent pricing fall on my deaf ears. I champion the pension rights of those with low incomes and I champion the rights of those likely to get lower pensions (women). I don’t champion the right of … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged advice, CETV, DB transfers, Debbie Abrahams, Frank Field, Guy Opperman, IFA, Jack Dromey, pensions, tax free cash
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HMRC and FCA complicit in the democratisation of villainy.
If the FCA want to get to grips with the problem of contingent (conditional) charging, they had better have a look at the taxation of advice and make changes in the Finance Act 2018 to the way we tax advice. First … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, dc pensions, pensions
Tagged advice, democatisation, FCA, HM Treasury, HMRC, IFA, pensions, transfers, villainy
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BSPS – a big win – but at what cost?
It now seems quite certain that the New British Steel Pension Scheme will happen and that it will be populated by the majority of members of the current British Steel Pension Scheme. In announcing the results of “Time to … Continue reading
Let’s stop pretending guidance is enough.
News that the Government has thrown out proposals for compulsory guidance to protect us from ourselves comes as no surprise to me , though it has clearly angered Ros Altmann. Writing on her blog, the former Pensions Minister writes of the … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged advice, CDC, Guidance, Pension Freedoms, pensions, trust, trustees, Wage for life
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Cost and value of advice in Port Talbot
Al Rush and I drove down to Wales yesterday and spent a day in the Taibach Rugby club at the invitation of the moderators of the BSPS Facebook groups. Good chatting with steelworkers in Taibach. Met up with a schoolmate … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged advice, BSPS, CETV, financial advice, independent financial advice, pensions, Port Talbot, Taibach
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“A decision to take a transfer cannot be reversed and should not be rushed”
This blog is mainly written for deferred members of the British Steel Pension Scheme, but many other people may find it interesting. There’s no doubt that what is going on in Tata-land, will go on with other employers who feel … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, Bankers, Change, drawdown, Facebook, pensions
Tagged advice, Al Rush, BSPS, CETV, Drawdown, Facebook, pensions, Time, transfer-value, TUC
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Advising the 5,000; so where are the loaves and fishes?
The mass market of people retiring over the next few years no default means to spend their money and no access to suitably priced advice. That is the conclusion of the FCA consultation on Retirement Outcomes that has just closed. … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged advice, FCA, feeding the 500, Guidance, loaves and fishes, robo-advice, TPAS
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Reaching the places advice cannot reach
Only a handful of pension providers have adapted their systems to allow people to use the Pension Advice Allowance. The pension advice allowance, introduced in April, allows pension savers to take £500 tax-free from their retirement funds to help … Continue reading
No demand, no supply, no advice- wonder why?
No demand? We learn today that advisers are not demanding providers rebate them portions of their client’s funds to pay for their pension related services. This is really odd; as pension funds are tax-advantaged and investors are missing out on tax-advantaged … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged advice, Demand, Guidance, Pension Wise, pensions, Tad advantaged, Tax
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