In this podcast episode, I cover two vital topics: How to access small cash sums from your pension pot The pros & cons of cashing out your pension entirely if you wish to do so Key Takeaways For each cash withdrawal, the first 25% is tax-free. [...]
If you’re looking to make sure your children or grandchildren benefit from your generosity rather than the taxman, here are the things to be aware when it comes to tax efficient gifts for Christmas. In this article: Exempted Gifts Savings Accounts Junior ISA Child's Pension Premium Bonds Trust Funds Exempted [...]
A great Pension Advisor can save you money and worry, and set you up successfully for the years to come. Recommendations from friends and family are one way to find someone, but it’s not easy to know if they have given good advice until years later. This blog, by a Cardiff independent pension financial [...]
NEARLY £20 BILLION OF PENSION MONEY GOES UNCLAIMED AND THIS FIGURE IS GROWING The scale of the UK’s lost pensions mountain has been exposed by the largest study yet by the Pensions Policy Institute that found 800,000 pensions were lost and worth an estimated £9.7 billion. It estimates that, if scaled up to [...]
It's not every day you receive an email titled: "Congratulations, you've become one of the few Independent Financial Advisers in the UK to have attained the Pension Transfer Gold Standard" But that's exactly what I received this morning! On Thursday (30th May 2019), the Personal Finance Society confirmed that I can now display this [...]
So, you’re approaching that milestone age of 55 and starting to think about retirement? At this age it’s common to start panicking about what is a good pension pot at 55 and what might happen after you leave the routine security of full-time work. Especially if you haven’t given much thought to it [...]
What Is A Drawdown Pension? On 6 April 2015, the Government introduced major changes to people’s defined contribution (DC) private pensions. Once you reach the age of 55 years, you now have much more freedom to access your pension savings or pension pot and to decide what to do with this money – [...]
For most people unlocking or cashing in pensions at 55, in part or in full, is now possible. How you do this will depend on the type of scheme you have and how you want to take your benefits. Under pension freedoms, the rules allow anyone aged 55 and over to take the whole [...]