Retirement
Retirement | 21 Mar 13
bbc to look at pension liberation schemes
A month after the UK’s Pensions Regulator announced a campaign aimed at cracking down on companies that entice Britons to access their pension pots before the age of 55, BBC Radio 4 is to broadcast a 28-minute programme on the subject.
Retirement | 19 Mar 13
FSA turns heat up on SIPP providers
The Financial Services Authority has again written to providers of self-invested personal pensions and this time told them they must respond, within days, as to whether they have clients in Harlequin Property.
Retirement | 19 Mar 13
uk temporarily suspends cyprus
The UK is suspending pension payments to expatriate Britons living in Cyprus until the situation there becomes more settled, the Government said yesterday.
Retirement | 18 Mar 13
bbcs panorama to look at harlequin
The BBC’s Panorama news show will look at the beleaguered Essex property development company, Harlequin, next week, as part of what it says will be an investigation into “a series of financial scandals which have put at risk the life savings” of thousands.
Retirement | 1 Mar 13
london colonial plans qrops revolution
London & Colonial is set to launch a QROPS next month which it hopes will revolutionise the international pensions market by offering access to a range of platforms, rather than simply the traditional choice of offshore bonds.