“Watchdog chief says Brexit can’t ‘obstruct’ FCA policing”

Apr 12, 2018 | Pensions

Our regulator is ‘independently funded’ by the fees we advisers pay them to regulate us. They reckon Brexit will cost them £30m next year and they expect ‘to be working on Brexit for many years’. Good news is that we advisers only have to cover a bit of the £30m as our fees are only going up 4.1%. So that’s good, isn’t it. Another glass-half-full, Brexit-positive.

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“Why you should never retire”

“Why you should never retire”

On my 50th birthday, I will always remember, amongst the card or two I received was a letter from Saga’ who’d managed to find out my age through the wonder of the internet, and were pleased to tell me I now qualified to join my parents and go on holiday with them.

“National insurance cut raises questions over state pension funding”

“National insurance cut raises questions over state pension funding”

In an election year, all parties will try to be all things to all men. Mostly, it’s only stuff which matters ‘on the doorstep’ which matters. In isolation, Mrs Miggins (not my invention) will be delighted that her pension has gone up with the highest measure of inflation; and no one running a business will be complaining that National Insurance has been reduced.