Perks of the Job – What’s Changing? - 1st February 2017
Many employers now offer their staff great methods of saving, with valuable tax breaks and discounts, but a number of key changes are due to come in that individuals should be aware of.
Many employers now offer their staff great methods of saving, with valuable tax breaks and discounts, but a number of key changes are due to come in that individuals should be aware of.
A new survey has found that only 10% of employers believe that their employees are saving enough for their retirement and almost half (48%) of employers believe that their employees are not aware of the various retirement income options.
Those who are approaching retirement and have a defined contribution (DC) pension, now have a lot of decisions to make thanks to the pension changes which came into force in April 2015.
The Wealth at Work group of companies has been ranked within FT Adviser’s ‘Top 100 Financial Advisers 2016’, in association with Strategic Insight.
The new Lifetime ISA (LISA) is due to be available from April 2017.
The Government will consult on how to ban pension cold calling and a wider range of pension scams.
The Chancellor has today delivered the Autumn Statement.
The Government have announced that it is considering limiting the range of benefits which can be bought using Salary Sacrifice.
The latest risk to an individual’s future retirement income plans has surfaced in the form of a debate about ‘conditional indexation.
The Government is cancelling its plans to create a market for secondary annuities.