Q. I am 40 years old and have a number of small “pension pots” in various personal pension plans, mostly associated with previous employers. Should I just leave them where they are or would it be sensible for me to look at consolidating them? A. This will depend upon a number of factors, including whether you are… Read more »
Q. I am 37 years old and I have just left my previous employer and received a statement from the pension scheme I was a member of. The scheme is a Group Personal Pension Plan and is worth quite a few thousand pounds. I have heard of the new pension flexibilities and wondered if I could… Read more »
Q. I am 65 in January next year, so will reach state retirement age before the introduction of the new Single Tier State Pension next April. I have a feeling that I will be worse off than I would be if I was younger, but am not sure. What can I do to find out?… Read more »
Q. I am 55 in August and have been looking at the new Pension Flexibility rules. I do not work at present, but have a deferred pension in a Final Salary scheme. Can I get the value out from it? A. Unfortunately I do not have enough information to answer your question definitively. The new rules were… Read more »
On the evening of Thursday 30th April, Rutherford Wilkinson Ltd, in conjunction with Trinity Chambers Matrimonial Finance Barristers, will be following up on last year’s “Bolt from the Blue” seminar covering the ramifications of the new pensions flexibility originally announced in the 2014 Spring Budget, which become available from 6th April 2015. Now that the… Read more »
