United Kingdom
Standard Life names financial planning service 1825
Standard Life has decided to call its new UK-wide financial planning business 1825 to evoke the investment and savings company’s long heritage.
Offshore bonds to benefit from permanent non-dom abolition
The life industry has recommended offshore bonds to those facing UK tax on their foreign income, following the abolition of permanent non-dom status in yesterday’s Budget.
Relief at secondary annuity market delay
The government’s decision to delay the start of a new secondary market in annuities has been met with widespread relief by the pensions industry which is still grappling with how to implement the proposal.
Tax & Regulation | 8 Jul 15
UK gov’t to cut pension allowances for high income earners
The UK government will begin to reduce pension annual allowances for those on incomes of over £150,000 from April next year, the chancellor George Osborne announced in his Summer Budget.
Tax & Regulation | 8 Jul 15
ISA-like pensions on the cards in ‘radical’ Green Paper
Pensions could be taxed like ISAs as part of a fundamental reform of tax relief, chancellor George Osborne said in today’s UK Budget.