Do you agree with Suffolk Life director of sales and marketing John Moret that commission on pension transfer business should be scrapped and that all pension transfer business should be fee-based? Chand Patel, BIMA
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Hogarth plans return to industry with new year venture
Former Bankhall joint chief executive Paul Hogarth is gearing up for a return to the industry. Hogarth’s restrictive covenant ends this week and he is looking at launching a venture in the new year. This is likely to focus on wraps or providing exit strategies for retiring advisers – the two areas that interest him […]
Put investment horse before product cart, says Cazalet
The future is bright for the life insurance sector if it sorts out its business model, says analyst Ned Cazalet. Speaking at a Cazalet Consulting conference on asset allocation last week, Cazalet said life offices should focus on true profitability rather than new business and put the “investment horse before the product cart”. He highlighted […]
A&L to unleash re-launched range from tomorrow
Alliance & Leicester is amending its current range of specialist mortgages from tomorrow.Its new range will include a two-year fixed rate buy-to-let at 5.29 per cent and a base-rate tracker at 0.15 per cent above base.There is also a self-cert, two-year fix at 5.25 per cent and a two-year near-prime fix at 5.90 per cent.A&L […]
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Are the new pension freedoms being used?
So are the new Pension Freedoms being used? The answer to this appears to be a very clear ‘yes’. Figures from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) this week provides firm evidence of such usage.
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Can new tools solve the sustainable drawdown conundrum?
Michael Klimes examines if advisers can resolve all drawdown issues themselves or if a wider effort is needed
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Intrinsic pays redress over pension transfer advice complaint
Intrinsic must compensate a client for the pension transfer advice it gave them. According to a Financial Ombudsman Service decision, in 2015 Mrs C was told to transfer her two existing personal pensions valued around £80,000 to a new Sipp provider. This money was placed in a scheme where Mrs C could adopt a dynamic […]
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Phil Wickenden: The gauntlet has been laid for annuities
“There is nothing permanent except change”, so said the “weeping philosopher” Heraclitus circa 500 BC. Few would argue change was not needed in the retirement income market; it is just no one expected it to be so inorganic and non-negotiable. The impact of the pension freedoms Budget bombshell in 2014 was immediate and significant. Revisiting […]