Retirement

A straw poll of IFAonline readers is predicting the next government will spring a u-turn on all pensions changes recently announced.

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Hopes that HM Treasury may soften the charges around Alternatively Secured Pensions (ASP) have been boosted by evidence included in a Treasury Select Committee report.

The Pensions Regulator should take a step back from its proposals to regulate risks in defined contribution schemes as it could lead to unintended consequences for smaller work-place pensions, warns Aegon.

A report into the handling of Equitable Life complaints by the Financial Ombudsman Service has concluded the behaviour of FOS has left "an abiding and entirely justifiable sense of disillusionment, frustration and injustice".

Clerical Medical has launched an adviser guide on concurrency rules which it says could help advisers and their clients tap into an extra £46bn of tax relief available since A-Day.

The proposals put forward in the Pensions Bill may alleviate some problems with the current State pension system, but it won't solve them, claims the Pensions Policy Institute.

Ed Balls has potentially given the pensions industry hope tax charges on Alternatively Secured Pension could be reduced, claims AJ Bell Group.

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The Pensions Regulator has released the latest module in its online trustee training programme, which this time focuses on fund management issues.