Retirement
Isle of Man to introduce pension freedoms
Legislation that will introduce pension freedoms to the Isle of Man has been included in the island’s 2018 Budget, a move treasury minister Alfred Cannan said will allow people to “look after their own savings”.
Best Practice | 19 Feb 18
7 tips to compare drawdown providers
The number of providers offering drawdown has gone up since the pension vehicle was first introduced in the UK in 1995, but differences in quality of service and charges can be substantial, warns Hargreaves Lansdown, which has offered seven tips to compare providers.
Best Practice | 19 Feb 18
Stricter rules needed to tackle pension scams
The majority of UK adults want stricter rules put in place to ensure their pension pots are secure, according to research by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA).
Director banned from financial services for five years
The director of a financial services firm has been suspended from the industry for five years, and has agreed to pay £225,786, after his business failed to give appropriate advice to its clients.
Steel workers fed sausage and chips in pension transfer bid
A company that introduced British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) members to the now-collapsed IFA firm Active Wealth offered “sausage and chips” meals in meetings heavily geared towards pushing transfers on them, according to a damning Work and Pensions Committee report released Thursday.