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Breaking the ‘inflation promise.’ - 20th October 2016

The latest risk to an individual’s future retirement income plans has surfaced in the form of a debate about ‘conditional indexation.

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Government cancels plans to create a market for secondary annuities. - 20th October 2016

The Government is cancelling its plans to create a market for secondary annuities.

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Common investment scams of recent years - 19th October 2016

In the month after pension freedom was introduced in April 2015, the City of London Police revealed pension scam losses had more than trebled to £4.5m from £1.4m.

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Pension’s dashboard comes with limitations. - 27th September 2016

The Treasury has recently announced its plans to build a pensions dashboard prototype which will let savers see all their pension pots in one place by March 2017.

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Things not to do with your pension. - 10th May 2016

The pension changes have created a new era of freedom and choice for defined contribution (DC) pension savers.

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Budget Commentary 2016 - 16th March 2016

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has today delivered this year’s Budget Report.

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How much income do you need in retirement? - 27th November 2015

It is very important to save towards your retirement and of course many are not saving enough. However, some people may not need as much as they think.

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Spending Review & Autumn Statement 2015 – Commentary - 25th November 2015

The Chancellor has today delivered the Spending Review & Autumn Statement 2015. Whilst the speech set out his spending plans over the next 5 years, there were other announcements made including those relating to pensions and taxation.

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Would you trust a robot at retirement? - 10th November 2015

Whilst the pension changes are good news, without financial education and advice individuals are vulnerable…

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Would you trust a robot for all your financial decisions? - 15th October 2015

At the end of September the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) held a conference to discuss the growth of robo advice in the UK.

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