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Too many schemes, too many pots, too little pension!
We need to sort out pensions and we pensions need to sort out the climate. These are the challenges we face and I’m pleased to see Government is on to them! Over the weekend , I tried to put the … Continue reading
Why I want to be old – rich and pay no tax!
There’s a famous story, now fading from popular memory about Strand, a brand of cigarettes in the sixties. Strand came out with a strap-line “you’re never alone with a Strand” It killed the brand stone-dead. People associated smoking a Strand … Continue reading
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Tagged Bogoff, George Osborne, incentives, pensions, retirement income, Save, Saving, Spend, Tax, tax deductions, tax relief
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When the dust settles…
For the second time in two years, George Osborne has produced a budget that will radically change the way we thing about retirement saving. If 2014 was the year we re-thought the way we spent our retirement spending, 2015 asks … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Payroll, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, Public sector pensions
Tagged advice, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, Financial services, George Osborne, Government, Michael Johnson, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, redistribution, Retirement, retirement income, retirement saving, retirement savings, SIPPS, state pension, Tax, tax incentives, The Treasury, Treasury, Triple-Lock
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When you’re 64… buy the state pension! (girls buy even earlier!)
I chaired and spoke at a number of retirement income seminars last month – you may have been at one. While I was encouraged by the engagement and education of the audience in financial products, I was frustrated by the scope … Continue reading
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Tagged DWP, GAD, IFA, Income, Inflation, Longevity, Old age, old age pension, Retirement, retirement income, Single state pensin, state pension, state pensions
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Dear Government- “Five do’s, five don’ts” – #pensions
For those slipping quietly into retirement in the UK the political promises are about the revaluation of your state benefits, the payment of your winter allowance and the tax treatment of your savings and income. Whatever you have done or not … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, auto enrolment, Business, Commission, DWP, Employment, exempt, Government, Greg McClymont, Leonard Cohen, Life Time Allowance, LTA, Minister Webb, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, retirement income, retirement savings, Steve Webb, tax relief, VAT
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Advance Australia Fair!
I have never been to Australia, I should go I know, but we have Earl’s Court. My good friend Jim Hennington has recently returned to his native Oz after a few years over here teaching us some tricks on how to … Continue reading
Is he mad in the Ed? -Another great guest blog from Ralph Frank
Ed Miliband’s recent proposal to cut the Lifetime Allowance (“LA”) for pension savings from £1.25 million to £1 million would deal a further blow to encouraging private pension provision, if implemented. The LA is, in my opinion, a flawed tool … Continue reading
Are workplace pensions “risk-free” to employers?
If you think workplace savings plans are “risk free” to employers – think again; “value for money” changes that Continue reading
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