Retirement
Best Practice | 21 Jun 17
Overseas pension transfers more complex under new FCA rules
Transfers to overseas pensions are likely to become even more complicated following proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority to overhaul pension transfer advice in the UK.
Best Practice | 21 Jun 17
FCA to overhaul pension transfer advice rules
Advice on pension transfers is to be provided as a personal recommendation and transfer value analysis replaced with a comparison to show the value of the benefits being given up under plans announced by the UK regulator on Wednesday.
Best Practice | 20 Jun 17
Fearful advisers face ‘information vacuum’ on pension transfers
Nearly all financial advisers disagree with the UK regulator’s pension transfer value analysis assumptions and are having to deal with an “information vacuum” from the UK regulator, according to veteran retirement expert Mike Morrison.
Retirement | 19 Jun 17
UK pension investments jump by over third in Q1
New pension investments in the UK were up by more than a third in the first three months of 2017, according to new figures by Equifax Touchstone.
Retirement | 19 Jun 17
Pension transfer values outstripping UK house prices
The value of pensions being transferred out of defined benefit (DB) schemes is greater than the average cost of a house in the UK, research from Royal London has found.