New guide launched explaining Self Invested Personal Pensions.
Tag: Pensions
New Pension Rules To Spark Property Spree
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ predicts there will be 50,000 more property sales a year on the back of the changes in pension rules.
Beware SIPP Property Hype
Investors are being urged to be cautious about putting property into their pension schemes.
New SIPP Rules
The pension industry is currently gearing up for big changes to Self Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs) next year. When A-Day arrives on 6th April, it will mean that those with SIPPs will be able to put a wider range of assests and investments into their pensions to gain relief on them from the tax man. […]
Blunket Behind Opt-Out Pensions
Work & Pensions Secretary David Blunkett has backed plans to promote “opt-out” pensions from employers.
Huge Shortfall In Young Pension Savings
Reports show that under-30s are saving – but not into pensions.
Only 50% Britons Have ‘Savings Attitude’
New research by Scottish Widows suggests that 45% of workers are not saving enough for their retirement. What is most surprising is that this trend does not appear to be linked to a worker’s salary / income, but more towards their personality and their attitudes to saving – in the report, a third of those […]
Pension Calculator
The ABI Pension Calculator estimates how much of a pension you can expect given the amounts you are regularly saving into your pension.
Young Workers Failing To Take Pension
In a follow-up to my earlier post on workers failing to join their company pension schemes, IFAOnline reports that in a survey by insurance firm Clerical Medical, up to 70% of young employees are failing to join their schemes. As with previous research, poor understanding of pensions, complex pension rules and a lack of belief […]
New Rules to Complicate Buying Financial Products?
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) are this week introducing a new category of advisor of financial products to the U.K. – as well as dealing with independent and tied advisers, we will now be able buy products from “multi-tied”advisors. But will this make things easier for consumers, or simply confuse things even more?