Retirement

• Should you use a SIPP or a SSAS?

  

  There are key differences that make each the best to use depending on clients’ needs. Stephen McPhillips, technical sales director, Dentons Pension Management Limited delves into the details Pensions’ A-Day … Continued

• Threat to lifetime allowance protection on scheme buy-out

  

  A flaw in the rules could lead to the loss of lifetime allowance protection on scheme buy-out. Charlene Young, senior technical consultant at AJ Bell explains

• Pensions in-specie transfers – when, why and how to make a transfer

  

  Dentons’ Stephen McPhillips looks at the reasons for in-specie transfers of assets between pensions schemes, which assets typically it applies to, who can authorise a transfer and the process involved

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• Trust in the pension transfer

  

  What constitutes a recognised pension transfer? Gareth James, head of technical at AJ Bell looks at a recent court case where this became the focus of attention

• Tough decisions after TPR’s DB transfer suspension guidance

  

  Recent guidance from TPR on suspending DB transfers could seriously disrupt advised transfer cases

• ISA estate planning – growing opportunities and use of the APS

  

  The number of ISA millionaires is growing. Joshua Croft, technical consultant at AJ Bell, considers the need for ISA estate planning and the opportunities this offers advice firms.

• Ensuring client understanding in pensions transfer advice

  

  How can you ensure a client understands the advice and the recommendations being made in a pension transfer case? ATEB Consulting’s Steve Bailey looks at what COBS says, and where advice firms make mistakes

• Points to consider when clients access DC pensions early through ill-health

  

  Important planning points when advising clients looking to access their pension early

• Is it time to rework the refund rules?

  

  GIven the massive issues that are being caused by the annual allowance, if the limit stays the same then HMRC needs to rework the refund rules, suggests AJ Bell’s Gareth James

• Pensions Dashboards – a positive disrupter

  

  Michael Roe, development director, Origo, sees the pensions dashboards as a catalyst for positive change in the industry

• Breaching the LTA – the need for good advice

  

  Danielle Byrne, technical consultant at AJ Bell, addresses the risk of breaching the LTA because of a death in service policy

• Commercial property – options around funding

  

  Denton’s Stephen McPhillips looks at ways for a business to fund the purchase of a commercial property for its use and where the right SIPP provider may prove useful

• When and how clients can take their pension lump sum

  

  John Keenan, Xafinity SIPP & SSAS, examines the rules that apply to pension lump sums and how they can be accessed efficiently by clients.