A new petition is calling on government to make a public commitment to a Pension Tax Lock, pledging not to alter key pension tax incentives – tax-free cash entitlement and tax relief – for at least this Parliament.
Read more ...Petition demands government commitment to pension tax lock
- Tuesday, 07 October 2025
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Sales of escalating annuities surge
- Tuesday, 07 October 2025
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Sales of escalating Guaranteed Income for Life annuities that have some inflation protection, accounted for a fifth of all sales in 2024/25 and have increased by 17% year-on-year.
Read more ...Manchester firm adds Chartered Financial Planner
- Tuesday, 07 October 2025
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Manchester-based Chartered Financial Planning firm Suttons Independent Financial Advisors has recruited Richard Higgs as a Chartered Financial Planner.
Read more ...5 year gap between dream retirement age and expectation
- Tuesday, 07 October 2025
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While people dream about retiring at 62 they do not expect to be able to retire until they hit 67, according to new research.
Read more ...TenetConnect Services declared in default
- Tuesday, 07 October 2025
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The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared failed advice firm TenetConnect Services Ltd (FRN: 150643), formerly The M & E Network Ltd trading as Future Fin, in default.
Read more ...Hartley clients updated ahead of legal judgment
- Tuesday, 07 October 2025
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Clients of failed SIPP provider Hartley Pensions Limited - who have had funds ring-fenced - have been given an update from joint administrators UHY Hacker Young ahead of a legal judgment expected in late October.
Read more ...DWP urged not to delete state pension records
- Tuesday, 07 October 2025
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Millions of DWP state pension records could be deleted leaving people with no way to get pension errors corrected, former pensions minister Steve Webb has warned.
Read more ...Facebook ad crook jailed for £1.3m Ponzi scheme
- Monday, 06 October 2025
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Fraudster Daniel Pugh, 35, has been jailed for 7 years and 6 months for running a £1.3m Ponzi investment scheme.
Read more ...Regulatory red-tape hitting financial advice: PIMFA
- Monday, 06 October 2025
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The cumulative impact of regulatory change is diverting time and resources away from other priorities, according to a new survey of members of wealth management trade association PIMFA.
Read more ...Regulators crack down on misleading CMC advertising
- Monday, 06 October 2025
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The FCA has joined with the Solicitors Regulation Authority, Information Commissioner’s Office and the Advertising Standards Authority to tackle misleading advertising and inadequate information provided by some claims management companies.
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