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QROPS Pension Transfer

QROPS Pension Transfer

A QROPS Pension Transfer is a transfer of a UK Pension, or a “frozen” UK pension into another HMRC approved pension scheme, in a jurisdiction outside of the UK. QROPS means Qualifying Overseas Recognised Pension Scheme, and is a fantastic option if you have left the UK or are planning to leave the UK within 12 months.

If you have the option and qualify for a QROPS Pension Transfer, it is something that you should definitely consider as the benefits far exceed the costs, and it is an easy way to increase the value of your estate.

The reason that a QROPS Pension Transfer is such an attractive option is due to the limitations and restrictions placed upon an existing UK Pension or “frozen” UK Pension. Most people have a minimal understanding of UK pensions, and as a result are ignorant of the limitations. Once they understand the limitations of their current pension scheme and how a QROPS works, it becomes apparent why 90% of people who qualify for a QROPS Pension Transfer, utilise the option.

Each existing scheme is limited both by UK Pension Regulations, as well as the specific regulations of the individual pension scheme. These regulations can be summarised as follows:

You have to take an annuity by age 75, or face an 82% tax charge! Annuity rates in the UK are very low (between 2 to 3%) and this annuity is taxable. It can be taxed at 21%! You can take a tax free lumpsum of 25% at age 50 (or 55 depending on when you were born) Pension fund managers try to grow the pension funds, by slightly more than inflation. Thus, before you retire, you can expect minimal growth on your pension value. In recent years many funds have lost over 20%, meaning that people are unable to retire when they wanted to. There is a pension crisis in the UK, and due to the ageing population and more people withdrawing funds, than contributing, many pension funds run the risk of being depleted before you retire. Thus, you may not have any pension at all. What most people don’t realise, is that if you die, 50% of the funds will go to your spouse, and the remaining 50% will return to the pension company. In many instances pension company’s even add the clause that it will pay 50% to your first spouse. (i.e. if you have remarried, your spouse will get nothing if you die) If you and your spouse die (i.e. in an accident), 100% of the funds will go to the pension company. Nothing will be in your estate to pass to your beneficiaries.

In 2006, the UK Government introduced QROPS Pension Transfer legislation. If you qualify, this allows you to transfer your UK Pension to another jurisdiction with greater flexibility and less restrictions. For the first five tax years (6 Apr to 5 Apr), the QROPS Trustees are required to report any withdrawals or contributions to the HMRC. However, after these 5 years, they are no longer required to report to the HMRC and you will now have effectively 100% control of your pension.

One of the most important considerations of a QROPS is the jurisdiction of the QROPS Pension Transfer. You need to ensure that it is safe, secure and has similar financial principles to the UK. Many individuals have moved their UK Pension to a jurisdiction such as Thailand or New Zealand, and have found that they have lost much of the value, due to a weak currency. Other jurisdictions have a higher tax charge, or even more restrictions than the UK. Thus, you need to carefully consider the jurisdiction that you want to transfer your UK Pension to, and this should be discussed with an adviser.

One of the most popular jurisdictions is Guernsey, due to their strong investor principles, established financial security, and the fact that they have worked closely with the HMRC to ensure a robust QROPS framework.

Guernsey was recently voted the top financial jurisdiction in the world, even ahead of the UK! If you do a QROPS transfer to Guernsey, you can keep your pension in a safe, neutral jurisdiction, in a currency of your choice. Thus, wherever you are in the world, or how often you may move, you know that your pension will be safe.

Who Qualifies for a QROPS Pension Transfer?

If you are between the age of 18 and 75, and are a non-UK tax resident, or are planning to leave the UK within the next 12 months, you can qualify for a QROPS Pension Transfer.

If you are a citizen of either Canada or the US, you will require specialist financial advice and will need to discuss this specifically with your financial adviser.

What are the Benefits of a QROPS Pension Transfer?

The benefits of a QROPS Pension Transfer are numerous, and depend upon the jurisdiction chosen. These benefits can be summarised as follows:

No need to purchase an annuity. (although you can if you want to) Tax-efficiency (this saving alone, will generally cover all the QROPS costs) Higher investment flexibility. (instead of beating inflation, you can now target higher returns, with more stable investments) Consolidate multiple pension funds into one. All assets within the QROPS are distributed to your Named Beneficiaries on death. 100% control after 5 years.

Thus, if you consider the benefits, as opposed to keeping your Pension in the UK, you can now understand why a QROPS is so popular.

What are the Costs of a QROPS Pension Transfer?

The costs of a QROPS Pension Transfer depend on the value of your UK Pension. If you consider costs as a percentage of the pension value, then the higher the pension value, the lower the costs.

Each specific QROPS scheme varies and has different costs and flexibility. Generally, costs are comprised of three components:

A fixed setup cost. An annual management cost The underlying fund charges. (these depend on the funds chosen)

If you consider the benefits of a QROPS Pension Transfer, the costs should not be the consideration. However, there are many advisers who advise schemes with extortionate costs, that aren’t necessary. The key thing that you need to consider is the flexibility and restrictions of the QROPS scheme that you are transferring your UK Pension or “frozen” pension into. These restrictions depend on the jurisdiction, and we have found Guernsey to be the most favourable. Due to the fixed setup costs, it is generally advisable that pensions in excess of £25 000 be considered. If you have multiple pensions you can combine these to reach this figure, and if your value is a little less, you can make an additional contribution. Remember, that you will now have a tax-efficient, structure with diverse funds and flexibility that are generating a better return. This structure is a good savings vehicle and adding additional funds, would be putting those funds to good use.

How do I go about a QROPS Pension Transfer?

The process of a QROPS Pension Transfer is a lengthy one, and one that you can’t do by yourself. You will need to be in contact with an authorised provider.

The first step of the process is to obtain a Pension Valuation, and the specific details of your pension plan. To do this you can complete a very simple form that provides authority to obtain a valuation. This form is completely safe, as it does not authorise for any transfers, but merely authorises the pension company to provide the information. The Pension Company will respond to this within 90 days.

You can either get your financial adviser to do this (which is expensive), or you can utilise the services of http://QROPS-Pension-Transfer.co.uk. They will obtain this information on your behalf and provide it to you or an accredited financial adviser of your choice. They offer you two options:

You pay £100 Or, you send an email to 10 friends informing them of the site.

Due to the fact that they are global and assist financial advisers around the world, they can also introduce you to an accredited financial adviser in your region/city, if you don’t already know one.

Once your adviser has this information, they can asses your specific situation and decide if it is in your best interests to utilise a QROPS Pension Transfer. If it is in your best interests, they will assist you to choose a jurisdiction, and setup the QROPS scheme/structure. Once this is complete, you can then discharge your existing pension and transfer the funds into the new structure.

90% of the time, it is in a client’s best interest to transfer their UK Pension or “frozen” UK Pension to a QROPS. However, some of the defined benefit, or final salary schemes were set with higher interest rates, and it may not be advisable to transfer in this instance. This however, is something you will need to discuss with your accredited financial adviser.

In Conclusion

If you have a UK Pension or “frozen” UK Pension and qualify for a QROPS Pension Transfer, it is important that you understand how it works, what are the pro’s and especially, what are some of the costs and restrictions. Most of this information is on the internet and if you spend a few evenings you should have a rudimentary knowledge. This article offers a high-level overview and is by no means comprehensive. Unfortunately, there are far too many sites with less information than this article on a QROPS Pension Transfer, and the only information they really provide is how to contact their adviser. The site that we mentioned above (QROPS Pension Transfer), that offers to obtain the information on your existing pension, also offers a wealth of knowledge, in an easy to understand and simple layout. They strive to be the most comprehensive QROPS Pension Transfer resource on the internet, and have either achieved this goal, or are extremely close. For those who have the time and inclination to delve further into a QROPS Pension Transfer, they have also offer a wealth of detailed information.

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Retiring Comfortably ? What to do about a Pension

Retiring Comfortably ? What to do about a Pension

You will probably not be shocked to hear that people with a positive outlook on life will tend to be optimistic about their future and this includes the problem of saving enough in order to be able to retire in comfort.

But consider how likely it is for anyone to have an optimistic view of their financial situation and their potential to earn an adequate nest-egg from which to live out their retirement.  Given our current climate of fear, everywhere we look, television, newspapers, friends, colleagues, etc, we are being reminded that there is a global credit crisis and that the financial institutions are apparently crumbling around us. Fear abounds for the present, but also the future too. But there are many reasons to feel positive and hopefully you will come to adopt a better view once having read the following article.

If you have ever tried to establish exactly how much capital you will need to support you through your old age, you have probably drawn up a budget documenting expected income and expected expenditure. You may well find that by your own calculations you have a slight deficit between what you need and what you have. But have you taken account of all the necessary factors determining your expenditure?

This is where the good news comes in; by the time you are approaching, or entering, your retirement years, you will have found that your lifestyle and financial circumstances have changed dramatically since your youth. Did you consider the following life changing events? By the time of retirement, your children would surely have left home, this means that you food budget, utility bills, and other associated costs would be dramatically reduced. If you bought a mortgage during your younger days, by retirement you will probably either find that you have paid it off, or are close to paying it off.  Just these two simple things will mean that you will have more of your gross pay left over for yourself.

Already you should be beginning to feel a little happier about the situation. These changes in life circumstance can mean that you may only need in retirement, three-quarters of the income that you needed in your earlier years, meaning that you do not have to match in retirement, the amount that you earned when employed. In a sense, you return to how you were in your teenage years, only needing to pay for food, clothes, bills and fun, fun, fun!

For the many people who feel that they have not been making adequate pension contributions, or who have yet to set up an Irish pension plan and are worried about how they will save enough money, this is all excellent news. Ok, so you might not have as much capital as you had hoped, but the chances are that you do not need as much as you had expected.

A pension plan is actually one of the safest and most lucrative ways of earning sufficient capital in order to retire comfortably.

Just a quick consideration of alternative methods people have engaged in will reveal how unstable they may be. For example, many people who have relied on property investments for sources of income have found that during the global economic crisis they have become less wealthy than they were, property prices dropped dramatically and therefore so did these individuals incomes. They may be starting to relax a little now, but the economy is largely unpredictable, no one knows when the next recession will bite, or how hard, so property may in fact not be as lucrative as it may appear in times of a booming economy. A pension plan is tailored to suit the saving patterns needed to garner enough capital during retirement.  They have massive tax-relief benefits for example, and are genuinely a positive step for any individual to take.

If you are still feeling a little pessimistic about your financial future, there are other things you can do to help yourself. Firstly, you can make lifestyle adjustments in the here and now.  Cutting back on luxuries for example, and every penny you save can then be added to your pension fund for investment and further growth. The more you put in, and the earlier you do so, the more will be the return on your money. Alternatively, if you do not want to cutback on luxuries, but you feel you will not have enough capital by the age of 65 to retire, you can always plan to defer your retirement for a while in order to increase your savings.

But the best news yet is that the media is beginning to talk of an improvement to the financial crisis.  Soon we will be hearing about how great the economy is and the media would have moved on to their next scare tactic. Although we may be a while away yet, our current global financial outlook is brightening.

This article is based on the author’s own observations and research and is not associated with any 3rd party organisations.

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Fredericton city pension plan needs reform says Canadian Federation of Independent Business

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business is calling on New Brunswick’s three major cities to address the growing cost of public sector pensions. The small business lobby group is urging the mayors of Fredericton, Saint John and Moncton to de-index municipal pensions from the inflation rate. Fredericton city councillors are the latest municipal politicians to confront a massive pension deficit and have been faced with protests from city staff. ‘Small business owners don’t come knocking at anyone’s door to ask to chip in to bring their portfolios back to balance. That’s essentially what’s been happening with public sector pensions.’— Canadian Federation of Independent Business Councillors backed away last week from the idea of de-indexing municipal pensions despite a -million shortfall in its pension plan. Saint John is also coping with a 9-million deficit in its municipal pension plan. Andreea Bourgeois, the director of provincial affairs for the CFIB in New Brunswick, endorsed the council’s original plan to de-index the pension plan. The CFIB is calling for the “massive inequity between public sector and private sector pensions” to be ended. “Right now the city workers, they get two-thirds of the inflation rate their pension would guarantee them that they wouldn’t lose money based on the inflation rate. No one else is getting that,” Bourgeois said. “Anyone outside the public sector, that’s something unheard of.” Bourgeois and Catherine Swift, the president …
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Things you must know before buying an Insurance Plan

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An insurance plan is essentially an agreement between an Insurance company and a customer. Under the agreement the company promises to pay a pre determined sum of money upon the death of the policy holder or upon his inability to earn owing to a disability. For getting this benefit, the customer pays an amount called as premium, every year.

Reasons for Insurance

The past few years have witnessed tremendous changes in the product offerings. There are a variety of reasons why people opt for an insurance plan. An insurance cover helps in meeting unforeseen situations confidently. In many situations having a risk cover helps protect your family from any future economic loss in case of an unfortunate death or disability to you. It is also a long term investment plan that also provides with a large risk cover.

Life Insurance

Since life is quite unpredictable, there are certain things that you must know before buying an insurance plan. The best way to protect yourself as well as your family is through life insurance. A life insurance plan offers protection against any unforeseen circumstances and at the same ensures that there is no economic loss due to the unfortunate demise of the policy holder. There are different kinds of life insurance plans that not only offer protection but also provide returns on your investment. Life Insurance investment includes Endowment plans, Money Back Plans, Unit Linked Insurance Plans, Pension Plans, Children’s Plan, Whole Life Plans, etc. Most of these plans provide long term savings as well as systematic creation of wealth.

Non Life Insurance

Covering the risk for any thing else other than human life is referred to as non life insurance. Some of the popular non life insurance plans include Motor Insurance, Marine Insurance, Fire Insurance, Health Insurance, Personal Accident Insurance, Liability Insurance, Engineering Insurance and other non life plans. Irrespective of whether you are looking for a life insurance plan or a non life insurance plan, it is better to contact a reputed Insurance Broker who can help determine the best insurance plan for you.

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Market Report of UK Pension Plan-QROPS

Market Report of UK Pension Plan-QROPS

We continue our daily look at factors affecting currencies allowing some insight into market conditions affecting exchange rates. Cash and income timing for UK Pensions and QROPS should be considered to maximise the Pension, QROPS and investment income and benefits taken.

Investment market volatility and currency exchange remains a challenge. Things are still very volatile and we are in unique global influencing territory.  In conjunction with investment returns, currency exchange continues to concern many expats with UK Pensions, QROPS and now QNUPS.

Sterling lost ground against a host of major currencies yesterday, most notably the Euro and the Dollar. Sterling struggled following positive US data which triggered market orders which were exaggerated by thin trading conditions.

Sterling was also under pressure following an unexpected slowdown in UK consumer inflation in July which contributed to the downward pressure on sterling.

Annual UK CPI slowed to 3.1% in July from 3.2% in June. The reading was the lowest since February, but was the eighth straight month that it has exceeded the Bank of England’s 2% target. Of particular interest now to people with final salary pension schemes on which future indexation of deferred benefits and pensions will be based.

However Inflation is still above the Bank of England’s inflation target of 2% and Mervyn King was quick to point out that the slowdown was due to temporary factors. King said in his letter to the finance minister which is required when the reading is above 3% that that higher inflation was due to a rise in value-added tax, higher oil prices and a weaker currency. He also mentioned that in the medium term the readings were likely to be similar with inflation close to or just below target.Analysts said that the numbers were not likely to change the dovish stance of the Bank of England.

The afternoon trading was in contrast to the morning yesterday with sterling pushing .57 in the morning but being turned on its head after lunch with the outlook turning from positive to negative.

By 16.00hrs sterling had fallen 0.5% on the day versus the US Dollar to .5585 having fallen as low as .5563. Traders reported selling from a major US bank on the down side of 1.56 as a key driver within the thin trading conditions.

The outlook for sterling is looking much less positive against the US Dollar, however traders said that if sterling can remain above 1.55, its 200 day moving average, it would remain supported.

Against the Euro sterling was also trading lower. Sterling lost 0.8% in trading yesterday falling as low as €1.2108 dropping away from a recent high of 1.2247 hit on Monday. Sterling continued its fall this morning dropping through the 1.21 level bottoming out this morning at €1.2070 with traders eyeing further possible losses.

The Euro was also given a helping hand by Ireland after they managed to sell €1.5b in government bonds even as investors remain concerned about the country’s banking sector, which suggested improving risk appetite.

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