State Pension under fire again
Back in the early summer, Lord Adair Turner, former chairman of the FSA and Pensions Commission, proposed raising the state pension age to 70 by…
Personal Finance
A great success story for Helen!
Helen Mulvaney, proprietor of Richmond Independent, a long-established independent financial advice practice, tells us about her great success with Devonshire magazine: "Devonshire magazine has been…
Fund a pension plan for your child to reduce your Inheritance Tax bill
Using your Inheritance Tax (known as IHT) annual allowance or your gifts from normal expenditure allowance, you can fund a pension for a grown-up child…
The problem with pensions…
Over the last few years we have been subjected to a mountain of pension changes. Not just changes to do with private pensions but also…
Blended Retirement Options – the best of both worlds?
As discussed in earlier articles, providers are now launching products to challenge the new era of pension freedoms. Recently launched by a couple of providers, …
Inheritance Tax – Britain’s most hated tax?
The new Conservative majority government means that many homeowners are hoping that the manifesto promise on Inheritance tax (known as IHT) is going to come…