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High earners face pension tax trap
Thousands of higher earners are at risk of triggering large tax bills if they don’t take action to limit pension contributions ahead of a steep drop in annual saving limits.
End of year CGT planning
The end of the tax year is fast approaching and higher-and-top-rate taxpayers are busily assessing their investment positions to minimise their capital gains tax liabilities
High-wire act fails to balance public and private
Lord Hutton could have been more radical – he could have switched public service staff into the kinds of notional defined contribution schemes used in Sweden and Holland
New deal aims for £140 weekly state pension
Pensioner groups welcome move by the government to introduce new basic rate from 2016 for the newly retired, scrapping the state second pension and simplifying Britain’s complex system
Loophole in unisex pensions
Millions of workers in occupational pension schemes have been excluded from a landmark legal ruling that will force insurers to offer the same annuity rates to men and women
Gender ruling: How it affects you
Men nearing retirement and young women drivers will be the biggest losers from the decision to ban insurers from using gender to calculate premiums but some people could be better off
Unfair discrimination? Pensions are just the start
Having overruled the laws of nature, to declare gender discrimination in pensions illegal, the European Court has plenty of other targets
‘Cautious’ fund label scrapped
Pension funds that were sold to millions of consumers have misleading names and should be “jargon-free”, the insurance industry will admit on Monday
Act fast to maximise income drawdown
Pension savers considering moving into an income drawdown plan are being advised to act in March
FSA demands fairer share for with-profits investors
Insurers will have to distribute surpluses to investors more fairly and limit their use of exit charges
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