Editorial: It is never nice to see more money leave your wallet than comes in.
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L for Lisa
Editorial: Apart from the letter L, the lifetime Isa has much in common with its older relative in the way it was received when it first landed.
Look to the future
Editorial: The political ties with the EU have been officially cut, it’s true. But it is important to remember that the UK will not be able to swim away into the Atlantic and attach itself to bigger cousins.
Dawn of the dashboards?
Editorial: The pensions dashboard will, it is hoped, change the way people look at their pension in more than the literal sense.
State of flux
Editorial: The announcement of a second Scottish independence referendum took many by surprise, including the British government – which has of course since poured fuel on the fire by announcing it will temporarily block it.
FCA throws cold water on IA input ambitions
PLSA Investment Conference 2017: The Financial Conduct Authority’s director of strategy and competition Christopher Woolard has said he does not want to be bound by industry initiatives in making new rules for asset managers.
The art of effecting change
Editorial: The Budget announcement brought changes welcomed and less welcomed by the industry, such as the tax on qualifying recognised overseas scheme transfers and the money purchase annual allowance, but it was the focus on the self-employed that might give a flavour of what is to come.
Spring Budget focus on self-employed lets industry hope for more
The chancellor’s focus on the self-employed could pave the way for bringing the group into the pension system, some experts have said, as the spring Budget brings no significant news on pensions.
A happy ending?
Editorial: The sad story of British Home Stores and its pension scheme members has for now come to an end with Philip Green’s payment of £363m.
PLSA kick-starts year-long diversity debate to improve pensions
The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association is moving into new territory by starting a year-long focus on diversity with the aim of achieving better pensions, but has restricted its efforts to gender questions.