A SIPP is a Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme that provides you with the option of choosing when, where and how you invest the assets of your pension fund. In simple terms, a self-invested personal pension puts the investor in control of their pension planning. Traditionally SIPPs have been the domain of the wealthy and as a general rule of thumb you had to have a pension fund with a value greater than £200,000 in order to make it worth your while. From the 1 st October 2008 the government has announced that it will be removing the restriction on placing accumulated Protected Rights funds into a SIPP (self invested Personal Pension Plans). Protected Rights will be permitted to be invested in the full range of investments allowable under a SIPP. For many people this eliminates one of the last remaining reasons to favour a personal pension over a SIPP. Self Invested Pension Plans have the same tax advantages of normal pension plans. In simple terms, this allows an i...
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