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Money Purchase Annual Allowance reduction: more tinkering with pension tax rules
James Jones-Tinsley looks at the consultation on MPAA reduction and asks if the Chancellor is solving a problem that doesn’t exist – and creating real ones in the...
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Green Paper raises interesting questions but avoids setting a radical agenda
The defined benefit pensions Green Paper contains some interesting suggestions, particularly on funding for distressed schemes – however, it concludes that there ...
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Credit where accreditation's due
We were delighted to become one of only two third-party administrators to achieve PASA Accreditation in January, but the process was far from easy. David Connell ...
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Investment Conference 2017: Campbell, Brexit and ‘Trumpsomnia’
Our annual investment conference took place in January, with our much anticipated keynote speaker, Alastair Campbell, sharing his views on current political theme...
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Cash flow aware investment
Does regular and reliable income as well as the scope for capital appreciation provided by illiquid assests really offer defined benefit (DB) funds the best of bo...
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The pros and cons of four alternative DC investment approaches
Trustees of DC schemes have never had more choice in the range of available investment options. Here we analyse the strength and weaknesses of four alternative ap...
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Interest rates to rise but no return to normal anytime soon
Speakers from BlackRock, Columbia Threadneedle and Insight Investments all predict little prospect of a normalisation in interest rates over the next year at our ...
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Employer contributions: what does 'wholly and exclusively' actually mean?
In his latest blog James Jones-Tinsley examines HMRC’s revised guidance surrounding employer contributions to registered pension schemes (including SIPPs and SSAS...
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Play your FSCS cards right: deposit protection limit rises to £85,000
In our blog of just over a year ago, we advised that the FSCS deposit protection limit had been cut from £85,000 to £75,000 with effect from 1 January 2016. We lo...
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Now you can check your SIPP contributions online!
It's the time of year when people are asking themselves how much they/their company, can pay into their pension. SIPPs Online provides immediate access to SIPP ac...