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Pensions
“Quarter of savers concerned about financial health in retirement – PLSA”
The fact that it’s only a quarter is a triumph of hope over what’s likely to be experienced. Or...
“Over a third of baby boomers set to retire later than SPA”
I remember various ‘uncles’ (real or otherwise, everyone was ‘uncle’ then) of my parents’...
“Half of UK adults worried about retirement funding”
Apparently the ‘average worker’ saves a tad under £300 per month for their retirement; in most...
“Ban unregulated SIPP investments and pension introducers, say advisers”
Perhaps I’m not a lone voice in calling for the regulator to do what’s always seemed to me to be...
“Minister: ‘Public find pension costs and charges impossible to comprehend”’
Here’s the pot calling the kettle black and throwing large boulders in their glass houses. Let’s...
“Pension statements reform a ‘waste of scarce legislative time'”
I know that every minister wants to leave a legacy, but come on. Pensions Minister Guy Opperman...
“FCA predicted to crack down on funerals in 2022”
Yes, they really do get their sticky fingers into everything, don’t they? Despite the headline,...
“FCA pension data shows 43% withdrawing at 8% rate”
This is not necessarily ‘a worrying trend’ if done for the right reasons with the right advice....
“Fos prepares to refer claims to FSCS after latest Sipp collapse”
Just backtracked and found that I make the same comments about the same regulatory failures about...
“Govt changes are making an already complicated pensions system worse”
Many a government has tried to ‘simplify’ pensions. It started 40 years or more ago when personal...
“Disappointment for pensioners as wage growth hits 8.3%”
Judging by the number of times I’m asked about it, the government can be relieved that many...
“Claims to head to FSCS as £26.7m Sipp firm fails”
Yawn. Here we go again. More compensation paid out to punters, lured into transferring their...
“How to fix Generation X’s looming pension emergency”
Many pretty-comfortable retired clients (the Boomers) worry that their children (the Millennials),...
“Govt rejects Treasury committee calls on pension tax reforms”
As has been the case for the last forty years or so, lots of noise made about ditching high rate...