Retirement Archives - Page 35 of 56

Apr 4, 2013

A GAR is a guaranteed annuity rate. Some personal pension plans and older versions of these called Retirement Annuity Contracts...

Mar 28, 2013

The much loved tax-free cash available from a pension plan at retirement is usually 25% of the value of the...

Mar 27, 2013

When I am preparing single joint expert witness reports in respect of pensions on divorce, I know that I am...

Mar 26, 2013

In many respects there is little difference between a Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) and a Stakeholder Pension, or indeed...

Mar 19, 2013

If you are going through the divorce process and you and your spouse have pension plans which will need to...

Mar 6, 2013

My colleague Catriona Lumiste posted a blog about annuities last week (well worth reading) and I was attracted to a...

Mar 4, 2013

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) will from time to time notice an investment trend that concerns them. Recently they have...

Feb 12, 2013

According to new figures from the Pensions Regulator, investors have given some £400m to ‘pension liberation’ schemes since 2008. These...

Jan 24, 2013

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. It allows us to review prior decisions in light of new developments, reaching conclusions about...

Jan 22, 2013

On 26th March 2013 the Government are going to allow the GAD rate to be increased to 120%. If you...