If you are someone that is considering transferring your defined benefit pension to a personal defined contribution pension then you may be interested to know that recently, defined benefit transfer values hit record highs. According to the XPS Transfer Value Index,...
Do you have a current or old private pension and have you wondered when you could be cashing in your pension? Most people will naturally consider taking their workplace pension at the point they retire from work. But a private pension is a bit different. It’s a...
Are you thinking of accessing your pension whilst you are still working? Did you even know that you could? Changes to pension rules over the last few years have made accessing your pension much easier and flexible. There can be many reasons why it would be handy...
There are only really two types of pension you can have, a defined contribution pension or a defined benefit pension. Over the last few years there has been a big change in the type of pension scheme offered by employers, moving from defined benefit to defined...
Changes to pension access are coming and if you are under 47 and wanted to be retiring by age 55 then you might need to think again. These types of rule changes are always something you need to be mindful of when saving into a pension. Governments over the years have...
The earliest age your pension can be taken will depend on at least one of the following: The rules set in law. Your health. The individual pension scheme rules. Different types of pension will have different minimum ages at which your pension can be taken. ...