Retirement
Retirement | 9 Sep 16
Five questions the UK’s autumn statement needs to answer
With a date of 23 November now set for chancellor Philip Hammond’s first autumn statement, AJ Bell senior analyst Tom Selby has outlined five questions Hammond needs to answer when he takes to the despatch box.
Praemium to buy UK Sipp provider for int’l expansion plans
Australia-headquartered platform technology firm Praemium is to buy UK Sipp provider Wensley Mackay as part of its international plans to tap into the opportunities created by the UK’s radical pension freedom reforms.
Retirement | 6 Sep 16
No secondary annuity market service for Hargreaves Lansdown
Hargreaves Lansdown will not offer a service for investors to sell their annuities when the UK government scheme launches next year, citing too many risks for investors.
Retirement | 5 Sep 16
UK pensions industry wants tax clarity in autumn statement
With no date set for new UK chancellor Philip Hammond’s autumn statement, and no hints as to what it will contain, the financial services industry will continue treading water, said Jon Gwinnett, pensions technical manager at Nucleus.
Best Practice | 5 Sep 16
Would-be pension savers squeezed by other financial demands
Fewer than a fifth (17%) of UK advisers think that clients who feel squeezed keeping up with bills and repayments would put any extra money towards their pension savings, research from Royal London has found.