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The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has proposed a nationalised brokerage system to help retirees get the best annuity rate and reform the current “toxic system”.
Changes to rules around withdrawing small pension pots as lump sums could lead to large scale abuse of the system, Hargreaves Lansdown has warned.
The Treasury is set to allow pensioners to withdraw small personal pensions as cash.
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The Association of British Insurers’ (ABI) annuity code of conduct is not radical enough, Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown said.
Helen Morrissey looks at the ABI’s recent proposals to increase use of the open market option and asks if they go far enough.
The government must impose stakeholder-style caps on charges for auto-enrolment pensions or risk complaints over mis-selling, according to a new report.
Unions have claimed today’s Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) report unfairly presents public sector pension liabilities.
The government’s “transitional arrangements” to help women hit hardest by the Pensions Bill could involve a pension credit concession, according to Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown.
Tax rules covering employer asset-backed contributions to final salary pension schemes are the latest to come under the taxman's scrutiny with a consultation launched this week.
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