Pensions planning
These articles relate to Aviva's retirement product lines. To assist with client conversations for pre-retirement accumulation, retirement solutions and death benefits.
Divorce and the options for pensions
It should be noted that in this article, references to ‘spouse’ are intended to include ‘civil partner’.
Overseas - opportunities for personal pension members
This article considers some of the queries which may be raised by your personal pension clients, before or after they leave the UK.
Overseas transfer charge
In this article we will look at the overseas transfer charge introduced by the UK government on 8 March 2017 and how this may affect your clients.
Section 32 arramgements, GMPs and transferring
Section 32 arrangements were introduced in the 1981 Finance Act, with their name coming from the relevant section of the Act.
Tapered annual allowance
In this article we will explain the rules of the tapered annual allowance and identify who is affected by tapering, and by the changes in March 2020.
Pensions and divorce
There is no one right answer with regards to pensions and divorce and all options should be considered when giving financial advice.
Pension death benefits I
This article summarises the changes in the new legislation as they affect money purchase benefits, and we then look at planning opportunities for a client with both pension and ISA savings to maximise the death benefits.
Pension death benefits II
This is the second of two articles looking at the changes to the tax treatment of pension death benefits from 6 April 2015.
Pension death benefits, trusts and nominations
In this article, we look at two of the options your clients may have available to them for lump sum death benefits which may become payable under their personal pension plans – placing their plan under a separate trust or making a nomination.
Should you be limited by the pension allowances?
Tony Wickenden, MD of Technical Connection explores the implications of the abolition of the lifetime allowance charge.