Pensions

Clerical Medical - Loss in pension value? How many lost money resulting from a LifeStyling (reinvestment strategy) with Clerical Medical?This is where the company moved investments from stocks and shares to "safer" bonds and gilts. But the strategy backfired - triggering significant losses.
Financial Assistance Scheme I received a letter today from the Financial Assistance Scheme. It seems to say that a law has been passed to allow interest on pensions from pre 1997. It seems strange to back date a law so far back.I don't recall many details about this old pension, I believe I ...
year before retirement - how did you get your ducks in a row? not there yet, few years off. But wondering about practicalities. How did you get yourself sorted so hopefully day one of retirement was pretty smooth? eg pension applications/payouts may take some time, so how early do you start getting that lined up?did you try and get different income sources timed ...
Inherited SIPP options Having seen some excellent un-biased advice on financial matters on this forum, I wonder if any of the experts could offer some suggestions.A close friend approaching age 60 (Miss X) is going to inherit a SIPP in excess of £250k from her younger sister who recently died. So the pension ...
Freetrade Basic - Sipp question I transferred a SIPP to Freetrade from Vanguard containing just the Vanguard FTSE Global All Cap. (VAFTGAG) I assumed it was completly free in terms of platform charges (my reason for moving) but now have discovered that cash withdrawals are £240 a go. That's fine - I'll transfer ...
How did you feel when you committed to retirement? Today was the day I took the step into retirement - well, in 3 months time to be exact. I notified my clients, I notified my pension provider and I notified my family. I’ve been thinking about this for ages, but for some reason those thoughts accelerated over ...
How much UFPLS can I take? I have been getting a little bit confused about tax and I wonder if someone would be kind enough to help me calculate an UFPLS withdrawal I intend to make? I am trying to avoid paying higher rate tax and wish to use up my basic rate tax allowance with ...

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