By Mark Soper ACII There has been a huge amount of press recently concerning the automatic increase in Workplace Pension contributions – up to a total of 8% from this April. Some focus has been given to the expected investment returns that may be achieved for workers when these contributions are invested – mostly […]

  Many thousands of people of working age, and who are caring for others, could find themselves with a radically-reduced State Pension unless they start claiming for Carer’s Credit. Around one in eight adults in the UK are carers, approximately 6.5 million people. Inevitably, women bear the heaviest share of the care – outnumbering men […]

  Over six million retired people could be losing out by as much as £1,058 a year – because they haven’t checked their eligibility for financial support in retirement. According to the DWP, at least half of the 13 million people entitled to benefits aren’t claiming them. Most of those not making claims are homeowners […]

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  Over 100,000 pension savers could find themselves landed with a six-figure tax bill out of the blue, following modest uplifts to their pension. The shocking figure has been revealed following a request for information by former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb (now with Royal London) under the Freedom of Information Royal London believes that […]

The concept of a “retirement age” would seem be fading into history as new research shows that a majority of adults believe they will need to keep working late into life – because they won’t have saved enough to get by on. According to Dutch bank ING, one in eight believe they will have to […]

The Government’s Insolvency Service is warning people to guard their pension savings from investment scammers and negligent trustees. Since 2015, the Insolvency Service has applied to the courts to wind-up 24 companies that have carried out a form of pension misuse. It estimates that there have been close to 3,750 victims connected to those 24 companies, who between them have made […]

Since Pensions Freedoms were introduced in 2015, some £23bn has been accessed by savers from the age of 55 – some putting their funds other forms of investment, others taking out up to 25% of their pot in cash, tax free. The new freedoms introduced by George Osborne cut the shackles to annuities – which […]

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