Retirement
Pensions
Members of the work and pensions select committee are to launch an inquiry into advice and guidance available to retirees following pensions freedom to ensure people are not "ripped off" when accessing their pots.
16 July 2015
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Regulation
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) wants to increase protection limits for self-invested personal pension (SIPP) investors following the freedom and choice reforms.
16 July 2015
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Regulation
The average compensation payout for a SIPP-related claim against failed IFAs rose almost 50% in 2014-15 against the previous 12 months, prompting a £20m interim levy on life and pensions advisers.
16 July 2015
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Regulation
The government has introduced anti-avoidance measures to stop people using salary sacrifice to ‘lower' their salary to get around the lower annual allowance for high earners.
16 July 2015
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Pensions
Seven out of eight of the National Employment Saving Trust's (NEST) investment funds have outperformed their benchmarks since its establishment in 2011.
16 July 2015
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