Retirement
Best Practice | 14 Oct 16
Expert urges pension rethink as UK sales slide
Sales of personal pensions fell by 6.8% in the second quarter of this year as a leading tax expert urges the UK government to do more to get the country’s retirement savings “back on track”.
Retirement | 14 Oct 16
FCA targets ‘small number’ of providers over annuity failures
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has directed a “small number” of firms to review all of their non-advised annuity sales from July 2008.
Best Practice | 12 Oct 16
Radical new idea for UK pension tax relief under scrutiny
The UK government is considering a number of new pensions options ahead of the Autumn Statement, including one from Hargreaves Lansdown that proposes breaking the link between tax relief and earnings, instead using a system based on the age of the saver.
Best Practice | 11 Oct 16
Belgium introduces tax break for cross-border pension schemes
Belgium’s government has approved a bill that will exempt cross-border pension schemes from tax in a bid to position the country as the number one location for pan-European retirement products.
Retirement | 10 Oct 16
UK residents should ‘act now’ on Qrops as rules may change
Joanne Rodriguez, business development manager for Abacus Financial Services talks about the impact of Brexit on the Qrops industry.