Experts split over Housing Minister’s pension plan
Financial Planning Today website highlights Ros’ views opposing the idea of using pension funds for young people’s homes, and another expert who is in favour of the possible policy. ( link to pdf )
Allowing the young to dip into their pensions to buy a house is a crazy idea
Ros’ views on the problems of allowing young people to take money from their pensions for a house deposit are highlighted in this Money Observer article. ( link to pdf )
James Brokenshire wants young people to spend their pension pots on housing deposits. This is why that’s a bad idea
inews carried Ros’ critique of proposals to allow young people to raid their pensions to buy their first home – warning of the dangers to both house prices and future pensioner poverty. ( link to pdf )
Industry must do more to educate savers – Altmann
Ros calls for more to be done by the pensions industry to educate savers with simpler engaging language. ( link to pdf )
NHS pension scheme must ensure senior staff have independent financial advice to deal with tax issues – FTAdviser article. ( link to pdf )
I entrusted my pension to German builders
BBC You and Yours programme exposes pension scam relating to ‘too-good-to-be-true’ German property investments. Ros calls for Regulators to consider banning ban unregulated investments in SIPPS. ( link to pdf )
Pensions: Are You Saving Enough? – Tonight
ITV Tonight programme – ‘Pensions: Are You Saving Enough’ featuring Ros helping people understand why they need to pay attention to pensions. ( link to pdf )
Scrap ‘rotten’ taper altogether, former pensions ministers tell chancellor
FT Pensions Expert highlights Ros’ call for the Tapered Annual Pension Allowance to be scrapped, to avoid the pernicious NHS side-effects. ( link to pdf )
Calls on govt to direct doctors to financial advisers
FT Adviser highlights Ros’ call for NHS staff to be given independent financial advice, to cope with the pensions Tapered Allowance. ( link to pdf )
It is so important to improve trust in pensions
Ros explains why it is so important to improve trust in pensions and part of that requires more transparency, so people will engage more and save for their future.