Strike action by members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union at The Pensions Regulator has been suspended and staff returned to work last Wednesday.
Read more ...FCA to review treatment of vulnerable customers
- Monday, 18 March 2024
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The FCA is to conduct a review into what regulated firms are doing to understand and respond to the needs of customers in vulnerable circumstances.
Read more ...Pension savers withdraw £70bn in decade since 'freedoms'
- Friday, 15 March 2024
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A decade on from George Osborne’s ‘Pension Freedoms’ Budget bombshell announcement in 2014, the latest HMRC data showed that £70bn of retirement cash has since been accessed flexibly by British savers.
Read more ...NI cut leaves State Pension funding 'in doubt'
- Friday, 15 March 2024
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A pensions expert has warned that urgent questions need to be answered by the government about where the cash to fund the State Pension will come from following the government’s decision to cut employees’ National Insurance from 10% to 8% from April.
Read more ...MKC Wealth hires Financial Planning director from Quilter
- Friday, 15 March 2024
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Expanding Financial Planner and wealth manager MKC Wealth has appointed Quilter's Sarah Waring as Financial Planning director.
Read more ...Britons hope to retire early despite poor planning
- Friday, 15 March 2024
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More than four out of 10 pension savers (44%) reckon they will retire before their current state retirement age even though only half (54%) have a financial plan in place, new research suggests.
Read more ...16% of DC schemes wound up following new TPR rules
- Friday, 15 March 2024
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Some 16% of defined contribution pension schemes with under £100m in assets scrutinised by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has opted to wind up after a pilot into the effectiveness of its new rules on value for members.
Read more ...1 in 5 access pensions without understanding rules
- Thursday, 14 March 2024
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Almost one in five (16%) Britons accessed pension savings without understanding the rules before doing so, according to a new report.
Read more ...Northerners more financially savvy – report
- Thursday, 14 March 2024
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Northerners are more financially savvy than their Southern counterparts, according to a new study from Octopus Money.
Read more ...Advisers urge Government to cut pension tax burden
- Thursday, 14 March 2024
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Financial advisers have called on the Government to prioritise pension reforms that would lessen the tax burden on clients.
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