Royal London offering ‘substantial’ cash for annuity guarantees
Royal London is worried pension holders are “throwing away” their guaranteed annuity rate (GAR) under the new pension freedoms and it wants to offer them cash for the promised return.
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HMRC pulls pension calculator after Royal London pressure
HM Revenue & Customs knew its pension tax calculator was giving incorrect data to users, but only pulled it once Royal London’s director of policy publicly slammed the tool.
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Experts react to DB pension transfer ruling
Pension experts have welcomed the clarity the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has established for defined benefit (DB) pension transfers through its updated rules. But they warn further, lengthy, consultation may not be the best way to address issues of poor practice that have come to prominence in recent months.
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HMRC hits back at ‘out of control’ over-taxing claim
HM Revenue & Customs has responded to a claim it is “out of control” by over-taxing people and then expecting them to claim it back.
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‘Out of control’ HMRC over-taxes by half a billion
HM Revenue & Customs has handed back just under half a billion pounds to individual taxpayers since April 2015, which Royal London says shows the organisation is “out of control” when it comes to over-taxing people and then expecting them to claim it back.
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Savers snared in £300m business tax
A UK budget measure aimed at corporates will eat into people’s savings, a government letter has revealed.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Jersey Finance, T. Rowe Price, State Street
Jersey finance promotes internally to fill Corrigan’s departure, T. Rowe Prices adds to its multi-asset team, State Street expands equity index group in Asia, and former French prime minister François Fillon goes into investment management.
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The key data on why financial advice adds value
Those who received financial advice in the 2001-2007 period had accumulated significantly more liquid financial assets and pension wealth than their unadvised equivalent peers by 2012-14, a report by the UK think tank International Longevity Centre supported by Royal London has found.
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Inflation-linked bonds attractive despite uncertain outlook
Despite a murkier outlook for global inflation, there could be “positive surprises” ahead which make inflation-linked bonds an attractive diversifier, Fidelity International says.
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Big UK insurers not offering financial advice tax break
Millions of pension savers cannot take advantage of a tax break designed to help them pay for financial advice because major providers including Aviva, Aegon, Fidelity, Legal & General, Prudential and Royal London are not offering it to customers, reports the Financial Times.
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Advised clients £40,000 better off
Those receiving financial advice are, on average, £40,000 ($51,468, €44,973) better off than their peers who do not, research from the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK) has found.
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UK finance industry conflicted over asset management review
Plans by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority to crackdown on excessive asset management fund charges and improve competitiveness in the sector has been met with a flurry of contradictory responses from different parts of the financial services industry.