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Flexible Drawdown(27-Sep-11)

The following taken from the Pensions advisory services summarises nicely the new rules regarding Flexible Drawdown which for clients wishing to take more than 25% of their pension fund may be of interest. Individuals with a secure pension income of £20,000 may use flexible drawdown to draw all their pension savings as income without any [...]

NEW ISA & CAPITAL GAINS TAX RATES(08-Apr-11)

From 6th April 2011 the maximum amount that can be invested into an ISA has increased to £10 680 this can all be invested into an equity ISA or up to a maximum of  £5 340 into a cash ISA and the remainder into an equity ISA. For investors with money outside of an ISA, [...]

Annuity rates Equalised(31-Mar-11)

An article relating to information regarding the likely changes to annuity rates as a result of the latest ECJ ruling that you may find of interest. The ECJ Annuity Ruling The ECJ has handed down its much awaited judgement in the Test-Achats case on sex discrimination and insurance premiums. Initial reports show that it has followed [...]