Retirement
Regulation
Legal & General (L&G) has increased protection against pension liberation outfits after The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and other bodies highlighted the plight of people taken in by such schemes.
25 February 2013
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Income
Changes to regulations around income drawdown could result in women soon being able to take a 40% larger income from their plan, according to one provider.
25 February 2013
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Income
MPs may be forced to debate a controversial plan to halt age-related tax allowances - a move dubbed a ‘granny tax' - after an online petition opposing it garnered almost 100,000 signatures.
22 February 2013
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Income
About 12,000 pensioners who hold annuities with Legal & General (L&G) have been left without their regular payouts after a technical blunder.
22 February 2013
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Pensions
The Association of Member Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) has warned the Competition Commission and the Office of Fair Trading that Financial Services Authority (FSA) capital adequacy plans may threaten competition in the self-invested personal pension...
21 February 2013
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Pensions
Proposals for SIPP capital requirements based on assets under administration should be scrapped as it could risk consumer harm, Association of Member Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) has told the FSA.
21 February 2013
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Investment
Providers could save £74.6m a year by communicating all information with pension savers online, under government proposals.
21 February 2013
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Investment
The number of pension transfers to qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes (QROPS) during 2012 was up 35% at deVere Group.
21 February 2013
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