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Investment, Life and Pensions Moneyfacts Awards 2010 – have your say.
Investment, Life & Pensions Moneyfacts is calling on intermediaries to help decide the winners of their Investment, Life and Pensions Awards 2010
16 Apr 2010
Budget Response: Higher Rate Tax Relief
Robert Graves, Rowanmoor Pensions, responds to the 2010 Budget announcement on the restriction of higher rate tax relief on pensions
25 Mar 2010
Budget Response: Small Businesses
Robert Graves, Rowanmoor Pensions responds to the 2010 Budget announcement on helping small businesses
25 Mar 2010
Rowanmoor Pensions' Banking
Following this week's announcement that RBS will be required to divest part of its branch network and client base and as part of its participation in the Government's Asset Protection Scheme, banking terms remain as before.
06 Nov 2009
Royal Mail Industrial Action - 29-31 October 2009
The Royal Mail has confirmed that there will be a series of 24 hour postal strikes starting on Thursday 29 October, and continuing through Saturday 31 October. Rowanmoor Pensions' incoming and outgoing mail will be affected.
29 Oct 2009
Royal Mail Industrial Action - 22-23 October 2009
The Royal Mail has confirmed that there will be a postal strike which will start at on Thursday 22 October, and continue through Friday 23 October. Rowanmoor Pensions' incoming and outgoing mail will be affected.
22 Oct 2009
Rowanmoor Pensions SIPP awarded Defaqto Five Star Rating
The Rowanmoor Pensions Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) has been awarded the prestigious Defaqto Five Star Rating for 2009.
05 May 2009
Rowanmoor Pensions Completes Registered Pension Scheme Returns
Rowanmoor Pensions, the UK’s largest independent scheme Administrator is pleased to announce that all of the 4000 Registered Pension Scheme Returns it was required to complete were done accurately and to deadline.
12 Feb 2008
Scheme Pensions remain best advice for taking pensions post age 75
The Chancellor of the Exchequer in his pre-budget statement published draft legislation that would bring surplus funds left on death whilst in a scheme pension in line with surplus funds in alternatively secured pensions.
15 Oct 2007
Stamp Duty on In-specie Contributions of Property
This article was written by Rowanmoor Pensions Technical Services Manager, Phil Clarke and first published in Investment Week on 4 June 2007
06 Jul 2007
Open Letter to Gordon Brown MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer
David Seaton, Director of Consultancy at Rowanmoor Pensions has written an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in response to the 2007 Budget consultation paper 'Tax Relief for Pensions: Inheriting Tax-Relieved Pension Savings' in which he voices Rowanmoor Pensions' concern that the practical application of recent pensions legislation results in a clear breach of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) principle 6, “treating customers fairly'.
08 Jun 2007
Commercial property investment; the SSAS vs SIPP debate
David Seaton, Director of Consultancy at Rowanmoor Pensions responds to an article on SIPP commercial property investment in the March issue of the Pensions Management.
01 May 2007
Changes to The Rowanmoor Pensions Family Pension Trust, 6 April 2007
Rowanmoor Pensions is the scheme Administrator and scheme operator for Rowanmoor Pensions Family Pension Trust schemes from 6 April 2007.
05 Apr 2007
HMRC gets tough on scheme Administrators
Rowanmoor Pensions comments on the key facts document about the responsibilities of the pension scheme Administrator, issued by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs on 23 March 2007.
05 Apr 2007
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT, 1 February 2007
With immediate effect, plant and machinery is no longer an acceptable investment for a Rowanmoor Pensions Small Self-Administered Scheme or Family Pension Trust.
01 Feb 2007
Seaton says
David Seaton, Director, comments on the pre-budget statement of 6 December 2006
13 Dec 2006
Open Letter to Ed Balls MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury
David Seaton, Director of Consultancy at Rowanmoor Pensions has written an open letter to Ed Balls MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury to make representation on the debate on Alternatively Secured Pensions (ASP).
02 Nov 2006
Launch of new Family Pension Trust
Family Pension Trust literature now available to download
18 Oct 2006
Scheme Pensions
The only alternative to an annuity?
02 Oct 2006
Tax charges on scheme property expenditure
Scheme property expenses are caught by new unauthorised payment charge.
04 Jul 2006
Seaton Says
David Seaton comments on the impact of the “wholly and exclusively” test on employer’s SSAS contributions.
27 Apr 2006
The Role of Scheme Administrator
Rowanmoor Pensions acts as scheme Administrator for its clients' SSAS schemes.
06 Apr 2006