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Is 'auto-everything' the next step for pensions? That's the direction of travel from the FCA, according to Lisa Webster. Here she explores if true advice will become the preserve of HNW clients.
Andrew Aldridge: Understanding the tax-efficient investment process
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Eddie McGuire: Holding business premises in a SIPP is ‘educational process’
Few people are aware they can place their business premises in a SIPP, writes Eddie McGuire. But financial advisers could be well-placed to help their clients do so.
Danielle Byrne: The fundamentals of fixed protection
Danielle Byrne looks at the complex rules around pension contribution limits and urges the powers that be to make much-needed simplifications
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James Baxter: Why would anyone buy annuities at current rates?
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Adrian Boulding looks at the unpopular tapered annual allowance and predicts its imminent demise...
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