Tax & Technical
Retirement | 12 Dec 24
FCA ‘revolutionary’ support plan for pension decisions is ‘step in right direction’
75% of consumers, aged over 45, do not have a clear plan for how to take money from their pension
St James’s Place seeks industry collaboration for more generations to access financial advice
18–34-year-olds twice as likely as 35-54-year-olds to turn to social media for information about finances
Regulation | 29 Nov 24
Ex-HMRC officer sentenced with husband in £3m money laundering case
A bank account in the defendants’ joint names had a turnover of over £3m
Financial planning | 29 Nov 24
One LPA application took over 10 years to process says FOI data
Applications may take longer to be registered if they contain errors that need to be rectified by the customer
Retirement | 28 Nov 24
UK faces a ‘living in retirement’ crisis says BlackRock survey
Nearly three-quarters feel they are not on track to achieve a reasonable standard of living in retirement