Pension Freedoms

This week we want to know if the current emergency tax code system for pension freedom withdrawals should be replaced to avoid over-taxation.

The sharp increase in transfer requests since the freedoms could breach activity triggers and incur extra transactional fees for some schemes, writes Michael Klimes

PMI outgoing president Kevin LeGrand and incoming president Robert Branagh talk to James Phillips about the organisation's plans and the industry's challenges.

More than 10,000 counts of tax overpayment relating to pension freedoms have led to a £26.8m bill for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), latest data has revealed.

This week's top stories include Now Pensions voluntarily withdrawing from the regulator's master trust assurance list as it battles with historic contribution issuers.

The Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) competition director says the drawdown market must innovate and is worried that distrust of pensions is causing people to fully withdraw