Budget 2015: Lifetime allowance cut
One of the two big pension announcements in the Budget was a cut to the pension lifetime allowance. The lifetime...
How to take your pension pot
With just weeks to go until the new freedom and choice in pensions options become available, it is time for...
Miliband wants to cap pension drawdown charges
You can tell there’s an election coming soon when politicians of all persuasions get excited about pensions. The latest pension...
5 most important pension pot questions
When I wrote How to Take Your Pension Pot – A Practical Guide to Your Retirement Options my aim was,...
Avoiding tax evasion
As long ago as August 2011 I wrote a post about tax avoidance and tax evasion. This subject became a hot...
Should I take my final salary pension as cash from April?
Defined benefit pension schemes (sometimes called ‘final salary’ pensions) are considered to be the gold standard of pension arrangements. Unlike...
Boom time for boomer pension pots
Some recent research (BlackRock Investor Pulse research) found a high level of Baby Boomers (aged 55 to 74) intended to...
Can I take my pension pot all in one go?
In April the new freedom and choice in pensions rules comes into play. The changes are designed to allow pension...
Are you a number or a person?
I asked this in my book How to Take Your Pension Pot because I was and still am concerned that...
Who should read this retirement book?
How do you choose the books that you read? Are you seduced by racy cover designs? Do you believe the...