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Fixed Protection and the Lifetime Allowance explained
This morning I presented a live webcast on the subject of Fixed Protection and the Lifetime Allowance. Within this webcast …
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Ensuring equality of pension income on divorce
Daniel has personal pension plan. He is getting divorced from Kate who has no pension arrangements of her own. They …
Posted in Divorce, Retirement
Tagged Divorce, equality, gar, guaranteed annuity rates, guildford, pensions, solicitors, workshop
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It’s a fix!
HM Revenue & Customs has now released guidance and the application form in respect of Fixed Protection for the Lifetime Allowance.
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Cash replaces pensions
A new study has found that executives in large companies are increasingly likely to be offered cash payments instead of pension contributions.
No early access to your pension
The government has decided not to allow early access to pension funds, after ‘limited evidence’ was found supporting the measure.
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Divorce figures show fall
The latest official divorce statistics show the overall number of divorces in England and Wales in 2009 were at their lowest level since 1974.
Look out for HMRC anti-forestalling rules
Informed Choice chartered financial planner Martin Bamford comments on penalties applied to refunds on contributions in excess of the special annual allowance under anti-forestalling rules.
Biggest financial regrets in 2010
Some new research from First Direct has found that debts and pensions were the biggest financial regrets in 2010.
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Tagged debt, financial regrets, new year, pensions
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FT UK Retirement Summit 2010
Informed Choice chief executive Nick Bamford is speaking at the 2nd Annual FT UK Retirement Summit in London today.
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Big pension changes
HM Treasury has just announced some big changes to the pension contribution annual allowance and the lifetime allowance applied to pension funds.