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Authorised unit trust authorisation and winding-up

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Stakeholder pension schemes after 1 October 2012—an introduction

FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: Following the publication of a discussion paper (DP18/1)on the effectiveness of competition in non-workplace pensions...
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Produced in partnership with Alistair Hill of CMS 8th Jan
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Group personal pensions

The introduction of personal pensions in 1987 was heralded as offering new choices for self-employed and employed individuals.However, it soon became...
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Retirement Annuity Contracts (RAC)—older types of personal pension schemes

Personal pension schemes—central role in private pensions sectorPersonal pension schemes, in their various forms, play a central and important role in...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 8th Jan
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Personal pensions—an introduction

Statutory development of personal pensionsRetirement annuity contracts were the predecessor to personal pensions. They were introduced by the Finance...
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Stakeholder pension schemes before 1 October 2012 [Archived]

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.With effect from 8 October 2001, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (WRPA...
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Produced in partnership with Alistair Hill of CMS 8th Jan
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Section 32 buy-out policies

What is a section 32 buy-out policy?A term which may be often heard within the pensions arena is that of the ‘section 32 buy-out policy’—also...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 8th Jan
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Stakeholder pension schemes—the legal requirements

The obligation on employers to designate and facilitate access to a stakeholder pension scheme (as set out in section 3 of the Welfare Reform and...
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Produced in partnership with Wyn Derbyshire of gunnercooke LLP 8th Jan
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Self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs)

FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: Following the publication of a discussion paper (DP18/1)on the effectiveness of competition in non-workplace pensions...
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Investment-regulated pension schemes (IRPS)

Investment-regulated pension schemes (IRPSs) are a particular category of registered pension schemes that are subject to additional controls on the...
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Produced in partnership with Alistair Hill of CMS 8th Jan

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