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IFAs 'would cut fees' for small pot clients

IFAonline | 16 Apr 2012 | 15:45

Most IFAs would reduce fees for clients with pension pots worth less than £50,000, research suggests.

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Friends workplace pension contributions up 4%

Members of workplace pension schemes run by Friends Life increased by 4% between 2010 and 2011, the insurer said.

IFAonline | 05 Apr 2012 | 15:45
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Govt pension platform to avoid construction risks

The Pension Infrastructure Platform (PIP) will avoid construction risk and offer both debt and equity investment portions for UK investors, plan organisers say.

IFAonline | 08 Mar 2012 | 23:20

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Warning Osborne’s infrastructure pension fund may fail

Chancellor George Osborne’s plan to convince pension funds to invest £20bn into a government-backed infrastructure fund has serious “issues”, Labour has said.

IFAonline | 06 Mar 2012 | 23:10
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Anger as Putin claims election win - today's papers

Vladimir Putin has claimed a resounding victory in Russia's presidential election, provoking a furious response from opposition activists who alleged that the vote was marred by widespread fraud.

IFAonline | 05 Mar 2012 | 07:40
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BoE claims QE boost to equities offsets annuity rate fall

The government’s use of quantitative easing (QE) has given pension funds a boost, Bank of England (BoE) economist David Miles has claimed.

IFAonline | 02 Mar 2012 | 07:00
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ISAs overtake pensions for first time in a decade

Saving into stocks and shares ISAs overtook savings into pensions for the first time in a decade in 2010/11, figures suggest.

IFAonline | 29 Feb 2012 | 15:00
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BoE's Bean dismisses QE annuity rate fears

Quantitative easing (QE) will not have a significant impact on pensioner incomes, Charles Bean, deputy governor of the Bank of England (BoE) has claimed.

Retirement Planner | 29 Feb 2012 | 11:10
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HMRC probes advice firms over ‘aggressive’ sales of SSAS loans

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is investigating the “aggressive promotion” of using intellectual property (IP) to borrow money from small self-administered pension schemes (SSAS).

IFAonline | 28 Feb 2012 | 13:30
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MPs to probe workplace pensions

The Work and Pensions Committee has launched an inquiry into defined contribution (DC) workplace pension provision.

Retirement Planner | 27 Feb 2012 | 13:00
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Govt to cap charges at 0.5% on £20bn infrastructure pension fund

Charges on a government-backed UK infrastructure vehicle owned and run by UK pension funds will be capped at 0.5%, the Treasury has confirmed.

IFAonline | 24 Feb 2012 | 14:30
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Govt may build advice into "Big Fat Pension Pot" scheme

The government is considering building regulated advice into its proposed system to aggregate small pension pots.

IFAonline | 22 Feb 2012 | 07:45
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European Commission pushes SII for pension funds

The European Commission (EC) has promised to review funding requirements for pension funds to fall into line with Solvency II (SII).

IFAonline | 16 Feb 2012 | 13:11

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