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Reforms to the FSCS are set to cost you
For years, the FSCS has been making hefty levies on financial advisers to compensate people after the fallout of what are essentially investment scams. The levies f…
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Supporting retirement choices – the risks and solutions
With conversation particularly around retirement, we explore the FCA’s retirement outcomes review and the possible risks and solutions.
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Take control of your DB transfer strategy
Did you know that one of the most significant trends emerging for employers who sponsor a DB pension scheme, was the rise in transfer values paid out to scheme memb…
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Think now - reducing the risk in your pension scheme
Now is a good time for companies with end of March or early April year-ends to consider how their pension scheme liabilities will impact their balance sheet – and i…
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First impressions of KIDS – a very mixed bag
The Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products (PRIIPs) regulations came into force on 1 January 2018, requiring all providers of PRIIP providers to ha…
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Will the Treasury ever be persuaded to scrap the Lifetime Allowance?
In a Budget remarkable for its lack of attention to pensions, Malcolm McLean explores the government's promise to implement an inflation-linked increase to the LTA.