Case studies
Using pension savings to purchase a commercial property to “leaseback” to a company, is often a useful way to provide that company with a welcome cash injection.
We have provided actuarial and investment services to a £20m pension scheme, whose sponsoring employer is a design and manufacturing company in the aerospace industry.
Limited companies may be liable to a Corporation Tax bill when selling commercial property. Similarly, an individual may incur a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) liability on corresponding gains.
A pension scam warning about how we saved two SSAS clients £100,000 without them doing anything - because our signature was needed to action the transaction.
Following the introduction of ‘Pension Freedoms’ in 2015, we examine whether members of Money Purchase schemes should choose to transfer from defined benefit occupational pension schemes. Let us introduce you to John and Sarah.
We were appointed to advise a client with ~£400m of assets in 2015 and this case study sets out how we worked with the trustees and employer to ultimately reduce risk and increase expected returns while working towards an agreed objective.
We provide a regular funding and investment monitoring service to the trustees of a £40m scheme. The trustees asked us to review the funding and investment strategies of the scheme, in particular with a view of reducing the risk of the deficit increasing further.
We recently advised a client that was looking to develop a comprehensive financial management plan for the scheme, targeting a fully de-risked and liability matched investment strategy in the mid-2020s and thereafter moving on to buy-out. This plan aimed to strike a balance between the trustees’ desire to reduce risk, and the employer’s business needs.
One of our clients has been facing some challenging covenant issues and so our actuarial and investment consulting teams have worked closely together to provide proactive advice to help the trustees take steps to strategically manage these risks.
The FCA has added physical gold Bullion to its list of ‘standard assets', and is the only physical commodity allowed in a SIPP or SSAS. This case study shows how an investor can end up with commodities other than gold Bullion in a self-invested pension.