“Pension transfer into Dubai property costs adviser”

Jan 9, 2020 | Financial Services

An independent (financial adviser’s) view

New year, same old story. Pension money goes into a SIPP, thence into a dodgy, unregulated investment. In this case, buying a car parking space in Dubai which will pay a ‘guaranteed income’. Really? And this is the second, almost identical story this week. Other punters were persuaded to put their pension funds into ‘store pods’ (me neither). Just stop pensions investing in unregulated stuff. Job done. Or stop stupid people taking out pensions. Not so easy.

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“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”

“Rachel Reeves may be forced to raise taxes”

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