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Panic at the Budget, is tax-free cash at risk?
As Budget speculation swirls once again, rumours of a cap on the 25% tax-free lump sum have sparked concern among pensio…
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M&PI Podcast #19: Supporting clients with complex mortgage needs, with Hinckley & Rugby for Intermediaries’ Laura Sneddon
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Now live: The latest Mortgage & Property Investment special edition of IFA Talk explores how advisers can best suppo…
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Income Protection Action Week: why affordable income protection is vital amid rising accident-related disabilities
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As Income Protection Action Week reaches its second day, National Friendly highlights the growing concerns among clients…
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Royal London announces £61m BPA transaction with the Stora Enso UK Group Pension Scheme
Royal London, the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment provider, has completed a bulk purchase annuity (BPA…
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Podcast #141: What do advisers and paraplanners want and need from retirement planning? With Morningstar Wealth’s Steve Coleman and Steve Owen
Retirement income planning has always been front and centre for advisers and paraplanners – and it’s evolving fast. In t…
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Use of regulated advice by pension dippers is heading lower, latest FCA data reveals
Fewer people are taking regulated advice before accessing their pensions, with only 31% doing so in 2024-25. Just Group…
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Five tips for property investors juggling multiple incomes, by a tax expert
Exclusives, Mortgage and Property
Many property investors and landlords are balancing invoices and incomes from multiple sources. While this can mean grea…
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Increasingly clients taking tax free cash to gift to younger generations
Nick Nesbitt, Head of Private Client at Forvis Mazars, warns that while more savers are tapping tax-free pension cash to…
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MetLife UK & Reassured complete Three Peaks Challenge raising £36K for Winston’s Wish
Employees from MetLife UK, the employee benefits and protection provider, and life insurance broker Reassured jointly ra…
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Inheritance Tax and Pensions: a gear change for financial planning?
From April 2027, pensions will fall into the IHT regime in one of the biggest estate planning shifts in years. Harriet B…
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LTA charges spike in latest year as revival of tax policy could fall under Reeves’ radar
MRC released its annual Private pension statistics today. On Lifetime Allowance it revealed that, in 2022 – 2023, a total of 13,080 LTA charges…
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“New figures show why Chancellor will be ‘eyeing up’ pension tax relief for savings – and illustrate why changes would be challenging” – Steve Webb, LCP
Annual statistics published today by HMRC show that the net cost to the Exchequer of the income tax and National Insurance reliefs…
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UK investors look to silver and fractional coins as precious metals prices strengthen: The Royal Mint
The Royal Mint, the home of UK precious metals investing, has today published its latest precious metals update, revealing recent trends in…
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Buy-to-let purchases fall over a quarter as landlords fear further pain from new Government
The number of buy-to-let (BTL) property purchases in the UK fell 25% from 240,800 in 2022/23 to 192,100 in the year ended…
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Taking the leap on the Consumer Duty | FCA’s Sheldon Mills delivers speech to mark the Duty’s first anniversary
In the following speech by Sheldon Mills, Executive Director of Consumers & Competition at the FCA, delivered at the FCA’s Consumer Duty:…
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Over-55s Homeowners Worry About Retirement Despite Property Wealth
Over-55s homeowners are sitting on an average £311,000 in equity with one in four owning £400,000 or more but they are becoming…
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Consumer Duty’s unintended consequence – research from Octopus Money
A year on since Consumer Duty rules came in, new research from Octopus Money, the money advice brand for everyone, reveals that financial…
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Survey identifies worsening cashflow for accountants and financial advisers
Some 36% of accountants and financial advisers have seen their cashflow worsen over the past 12 months, compared to 29% who say…
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Buckinghamshire Building Society launches five-year fixed rate RIO mortgage
Buckinghamshire Building Society has launched a five-year fixed rate retirement interest-only mortgage product, following intermediary feedback. The five-year fixed rate RIO mortgage…
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Legal & General updates intermediary platform to meet protection advisers’ needs
Legal & General has made a series of key updates to its adviser protection platform, OLP Connect, to improve user interface and ultimately…