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Carl Lamb gives seven reasons why capped drawdown members and IFAs need to consider scheme pension
The wish to pass on unused wealth to family is a strong motivation for many people.
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Philip Brown, head of retirement products at Partnership, welcomes government proposals to remove the concept of ASP and allow income drawdown to continue beyond age 75.
The new pensions regime will have a profound effect on the way advisers discuss retirement planning with clients, John Moret says.
A large number of over-50s will opt to cut their pension contributions in order to cover debt repayments if interest rates rise this week, research from LV= suggests.
GAD rates, used to calculate the maximum investors can drawdown from their pension each year, were unchanged for October at 3.50%.
John Lawson discusses the inheritance tax implications of retiring abroad.
The consultation to end compulsory annuitisation should lead to increased flexibility for retirees. Helen Morrissey asks if this is the case.
The government is set to scrap the requirement to purchase an annuity and abolish alternatively secured pensions.
The government will scrap the rule which creates an effective obligation to purchase an annuity by age 75.
John Moret, director of marketing at Suffolk Life, says sophisticated and widely available tools can help IFAs give good quality and specialist advice on income drawdown.
Almost half a billion pounds of pension funds were transferred abroad in the first two years after pensions simplification to escape alternatively secured pension tax penalties, A J Bell says.
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