Monetary Policy Is Too Tight
Ros is quoted in the Times Business Section suggesting that monetary policy has been kept too tight and the problems of QT undermining any reduction of short-term interest rates which are a danger to growth.
Ros Altmann: The disaster of removing IHT exemptions for unused pension funds
Ros wrote a Column in Money Marketing highlighting why removal of IHT exemption for unused pension funds is so disastrous for the long-term future of pensions. ( link to pdf )
Investment Trusts Under Threat
Ros wrote a blog highlighting lack of consumer protections for retail investors in investment trusts and highlighting the ease of exploiting the loopholes.
Investment trust savers are being taken for a ride by a dubious US hedge fund, says ROS ALTMANN
Ros wrote a Comment article, published in the Daily Mail and ThisISMoney explaining that retail investors seemed to be being taken for a ride by a short-term raider opportunistically trying to hijack long-standing investment trusts. ( link to pdf )
FCA urged to intervene over Saba Capital’s UK trust takeover attempt
Ros in Financial News calling for tighter protections and if necessary regulatory intervention to protect retail investors and give them a fair chance to vote on hostile bids.
The hidden pensions danger wiping millions from retirement pots
Ros is quoted in a Daily Telegraph article expressing concerns that pension fund default options did not move away from lifestyling even after the pension freedoms meant moving to supposedly low risk assets was not necessarily suitable.
Inheritance tax raid is disaster for pensions: Attack ‘horribly reminiscent’ of Gordon Brown plundering dividends in 1997
Ros is quoted by ThisIsMoney likening the IHT raid on DC schemes to the 1997 ACT tax rate on DB pensions and warning of huge damage to future pensions. ( link to pdf )
Reeves’ inheritance tax raid puts millions at risk of poverty in later life, warns ROS ALTMANN
Ros wrote a comment article for ThisIsMoney and the Daily Mail, explaining the dangers of later life poverty as a result of the decision to impose inheritance tax on unused DC pension pots. ( link to pdf )
Hands off our pensions! Reeves told amid panic over a budget tax raid on retirement pots
Ros is quoted in ThisIsMoney urging the Government to stop tinkering all the time with pensions and try to let the system settle down so people can make proper plans. ( link to pdf )
ROS ALTMANN: There should be a hardship fund for Waspi women who suffered most
Ros wrote a Comment article for ThisIsMoney suggesting a hardship fund was needed to try to help the worst-affected WASPI women and also respect some of the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s findings and recommendations. ( link to pdf )