Category: Pensions

A personal pension is a crucial part of any retirement planning strategy. This article looks at SIPPs, the pension product for those looking for more control over their pension investments

Retiring abroad is a dream for many people. However, a recent report suggests that things could be changing, with nearly half of over 50s are rethinking their plans to retire abroad.

Your pension provides a regular income in retirement that replaces your monthly working salary. According to the OECD, the UK state pension ranks as the worst in the developed world.

Brexit – like it or not, there is no getting away from it. It’s a word that has dominated the headlines and news broadcasts, but what does it mean for the millions of British expats?

When you think about doing your bit for the environment, the last thing you probably think of is your pension. Still, the companies we invest our pensions into have a big impact on the world.

Good news for your pensions. If you are auto-enrolled with a work pension in the UK, you and your employee will be making bigger contributions.

The new UK Pensions Dashboard will be unveiled in 2019 - but State Pension data will not be available at first. 

British expats and UK citizens alike are confused about the age at which you can claim your UK State Pension. Are you wondering exactly when you’ll be able to retire and how much you’ll get?

Brits are facing troubles making top-up payments to their UK state pension after a new system was brought in last year and has failed to deliver.

Some savers are sitting on pensions so valuable that they are costing insurers too much money; speak to your IFA to find out if that means you!

Millions of self-employed Brits risk falling through the pension net.

UK pensioners living in other EU states risk losing their personal pension payouts unless a deal is struck in the Brexit negotiations.

The biggest UK companies continue to struggle to fund the pension schemes on which your retirement is possibly based. What does it mean for the UK expat?

Over recent weeks here at Holborn Assets, we've weighed up both personal and workplace pensions. Now let's look at pensions from the point of view of the workplace pension provider.

If you are in your late 30s or early 40s, you will have to wait a year longer to receive your State Pension. The UK Government has sped existing plans to reduce State Pension Age (SPA).

Are Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes becoming a thing of the past? Looking at the data, and the increasing rise in the number of Direct Contribution (DC) pensions, it would seem so.

July 2017 is an interesting point in the year, as the overhaul in defined contribution pensions started back in 2014 to hand more flexibility to savers continues to develop.