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Take Action Now! Energy Performance Certificates legislation is changing
It will soon be against the law to let out a property with an Energy Performance Asset Rating in the two lowest bands, F and G. James Jones-Tinsley discusses the ...
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Pensions are left just hanging around
When Theresa May called a snap General Election in April, few would have envisaged the outcome resulting in a hung parliament and no Conservative majority. So whe...
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Capital Adequacy: experiences from the front line
Eight months on from the introduction of Capital Adequacy for SIPP providers, James Jones-Tinsley provides an overview of some of the practical challenges that bo...
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HMRC vs in specie contributions – part II
In November 2016 we published a blog that focused on HMRC unexpectedly challenging SIPP providers on whether net pension contributions could be made in specie and...
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Block Property Insurance: a building block to insuring property correctly
Assisting your clients with commercial property purchases via their Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) or Small Self-Administered Scheme (SSAS) is, invariably,...
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GIST 2017 - are we all stressed out?
The PRA sent out a letter in April 2017 requesting approximately 25 mostly category 1 & 2 firms (and a small number of category 3 firms) to participate in the Gen...
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Theresa gets tough on takeovers
Corporate transactions could face an additional roadblock, under Conservative plans unveiled in their 2017 manifesto.
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The Ogden knock out
The Ministry of Justice closed their consultation recently into how the Ogden discount rate should be set in the future. In this blog we will look the core issues...
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General Election 2017: What could happen next for pensions?
Following the publication of the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties manifesto’s, Malcolm McLean, Senior Consultant at Barnett Waddingham, looks at ...