Executive Pensions Articles

Barnett Waddingham Recommends Early Action to Guarantee Pensions Fixed Protection
January 2012
Barnett Waddingham, the UK’s largest independent firm of actuaries, administrators and consultants, is urging people with large pension savings to review their arrangements as soon as possible to avoi...

Malcolm McLean Comments on the Office for National Statistics latest Pension Trends Report
June 2011
Commenting on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) latest Pension Trends Report, Barnett Waddingham Consultant, Malcolm McLean said: "The growing lack of pension saving particularly amongst low ea...

Barnett Waddingham comments on Annual Allowance consultation
December 2010
Commenting on the announcement made in a Treasury consultation paper today that individuals who exceed the annual allowance may be allowed to meet the tax charges from their pension benefits, Steve Hi...

Pensions tax relief - the latest changes explained
October 2010
The Treasury has announced a significant reduction in the maximum amount of pension savings which will benefit from tax relief. Barnett Waddingham Partner Bhargaw Buddhdev explains the new rules on th...

Pensions Tax Relief update for Executives – 14 October 2010
October 2010
Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mark Hoban MP, announced today that: the Annual Allowance will be set at £50,000 from April 2011 the factor for testing increases in pension against the Annual All...

Budget 2009 - Pensions Aspects
May 2009
New rules set out in the Government’s Budget 2009 could lead to a significant rise in tax bills for high earners (with income over £100,000). Individuals with income over £100,000 pa will need to care...

Barnett Waddingham corresponds with HMRC regarding LTA freeze
January 2009
The Government’s Pre-Budget Report on 24 November 2008 included an announcement that the Lifetime Allowance (“LTA”) would be frozen at £1.8m from 6 April 2010 for at least a further 5 tax years. It ha...