FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: On 30 July 2019 the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a Consultation Paper CP19/25: Pension transfer advice: contingent charging and...
What is an insistent client? The term ‘insistent client’ is commonly used to describe an individual who has received advice (ie a personal recommendation) and chooses to...
This Practice Note focuses on the meanings of 'flexible benefit', 'safeguarded benefit' and ‘safeguarded-flexible benefit’ for the purpose of the pension...
Before 6 April 2015, defined contribution (DC) pension pots could, generally speaking, only be used to buy a lifetime annuity, a scheme pension, drawdown or be converted...
On 6 April 2015, pension freedoms were introduced enabling individuals entitled to flexible benefits (effectively, money purchase benefits or cash balance...
On 6 April 2015, pension freedoms were introduced allowing members with flexible benefits (ie money purchase benefits and cash balance benefits) to access their pension...
Since the introduction of the pension flexibilities on 6 April 2015, changes have been made to legislation and the rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Handbook...
FORTHCOMING DEVELOPMENT: Section 19 of the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 requires the Secretary of State to make regulations that will compel trustees and...
With effect from 6 April 2015 (when the pension freedoms were introduced), provisions were inserted in legislation and the rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
With effect from 6 April 2015 (when the pension freedoms were introduced), provisions were inserted in legislation and the rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES IN RELATION TO FLEXIBLE BENEFITS As part of the pensions freedoms (also known as pension flexibilities) introduced on 6 April 2015, all scheme...
THIS PRACTICE NOTE APPLIES IN RELATION TO FLEXIBLE BENEFITS ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note provides information on the pensions guidance that was...
ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note provides information on the standards applicable in respect of the Pension Wise guidance service before 1 January...
In this Practice Note, the terms 'defined benefit' or 'DB benefits' are used to refer to safeguarded benefits for the purposes of section 48 of the Pension Schemes Act...