DB pension transfer guide only addresses part of the problem
Time limits for processing requests welcomed but it won’t alleviate the pressure on advisers
DB pensions
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IFAs recommending DB pension transfers in FCA’s crosshairs
Regulator outlines review as industry warns against making life even more difficult for clients
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Tilney joins forces with regtech provider for DB education
It will ensure all enquirers will ‘benefit from a thorough, impartial, accredited, video training’
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UK financial watchdog sets out key focus for year ahead
DB pension transfers and retirement outcomes review on the agenda for 2019
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Over a million pensions face 55% tax timebomb
Drastic cuts to the UK’s lifetime allowance are driving people unknowingly over their tax-free limit
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Significant shift in UK’s pension landscape
Retirement industry has undergone drastic change since 2013
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Have UK pension freedoms passed their peak?
Transfers dropped 20% in the last quarter of 2018
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Pension advisers involved in over half of transfer scams
In 49% of cases members not aware of advice given, fees or transfer schemes
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UK to introduce collective DC pension schemes
Some organisations have already started working with the government to roll out CDCs
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Up to seven years in jail for pension mismanagement
UK to drop the hammer on ‘wilful or reckless’ behaviour by pension schemes?
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Top adviser threats for 2019
Brexit takes the top spot for UK IFAs, but what else is keeping them up at night?
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British Steel workers let down by basic mistakes
Independent review found scarce communication and information left pension scheme members in a vacuum