Lasting Power of Attorney – Coping with Dementia
Today’s post is about the Lasting Power of Attorney, which can be used to help people manage their affairs when they fall ill, or their mental capacities diminish.
Category: Decumulation
Drawdown Strategy – Joining the Chain Gang
Today’s post is unusual in that it’s part of a chain of linked posts by finance bloggers on both sides of the Atlantic. It’s about my Drawdown Strategy.
The Lifetime Allowance – Tax, Tests and Protection
Today’s post is about the lifetime allowance on pension benefits. The LTA caps the amount you can take from your pension without paying more tax.
Transfers into NEST – now looking good
Today’s post is an update on NEST, the government’s workplace pension provider. After an announcement earlier this month that transfers into NEST would be allowed, suddenly NEST looks interesting.
State Pension Age Review – Final Report
The final report from the State Pension Age Review was published last week. What did its author John Cridland recommend?
State Pension Top-Up – Voluntary Class 3 NICs
Today’s post is about the State Pension – should I top-up using Voluntary Class 3 NICs?
Pension Drawdown – UFPLS (uncrystallised funds pension lump sum)
Today’s post is about Pension Drawdown. After sixteen months, I’m finally going to take some money out of my pension. And I’m going to use the UFPLS.
State Pension Is Unfit For Purpose – CPS
Today’s post is about a report from the Centre for Policy Studies, which claims that the State Pension scheme is unfit for purpose.
Interim Report from State Pension Age Review
We look at the interim report from the State Pension Age Review, which was published last week.
Pension Deficits 4 – The Story In Pictures
Today’s post is the fourth in what was planned to be a three-part series about Pension Deficits.
Pension Deficits 3 – Milking and Dumping
This is the third article in our current series on company pension deficits. Today we’re going to look at the tricks used by companies to exploit surpluses and shed deficits.
Company Pension Deficits – Part 2
Welcome to the second part in our series on company pension deficits. Today we’re going to look at things from the investor’s perspective. We’ll look at asset mixes and benchmarks, but let’s start with dividends.
