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28 May, 2014
INTRODUCTION TO DISPUTE RESOLUTION FRAMEWORK - Cyprus became an independent and sovereign republic on 16 August 1960. Before that it was a British colony and many features of the British legal system have remained embedded in the judicial system of Cyprus.
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13 May, 2014
The majority of articles in the last few weeks have focused on the UK budget and its perceived impact on the QROPS industry. Many of these are of the doom and gloom variety, so Ive omitted those which are...
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06 May, 2014
As advisors and their client begin to take in and understand the implications of the changes to pension introduced by the 2014 Budget, we believe it is inevitable that there will quite quickly be an increase...
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08 Apr, 2014
We have been asked to set out the Drawdown Services we can provide to Advisers and their clients. This is not meant to be a detailed technical breakdown of all the options, pros and cons, but we do have a detailed technical leaflet which provides all this should you require it.
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08 Apr, 2014
There are new projection rates for pensions, including SIPPs, effective from 6 April 2014:
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04 Apr, 2014
Since Pensions Simplification (remember that!) came into force in 2006, pensions has received much negative press and ever increasing complexities and constraints. During that time the Lifetime Allowance has been repeatedly cut back to £1.25M and the Annual Allowance...
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21 Mar, 2014
The Budget on 19th March 2014 introduced some major changes to pension provision, which make them more flexible and hopefully more attractive as a long term savings vehicle. Some changes come into force as from 27th March 2014 and some from a later date.
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19 Mar, 2014
There are some very interesting articles among the usual dross this month. New developments include the introduction of new legislation in Gibraltar to introduce QNUPS. This is backed up by an article outlining the effect of the further imminent reduction in UK Lifetime and Annual Allowances
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13 Mar, 2014
To clarify something we said in our February Newsletter anyone can apply for Fixed Protection 2014, not just those who have a pension pot in excess of £1.25. The forms are available online...
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17 Feb, 2014
There is a mixed bag of articles in this months selection. There are interesting articles about the need for full QROPS due diligence both Jurisdiction and Provider...
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