Change at a glance

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Detail

Revised and renamed New or Existing Plan options to:

• New
• Existing Defined Contribution Plan or Annuity
• Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational

Selected from:

Report Builder → Retirement Advice → Recommended Plan → Plan Builder → New or Existing Plan.

If you select these options, output text is presented in the report under Retirement Advice → Existing Retirement Product Advice.

An additional route has now been created within the report writer to accommodate transfers from plans with safeguarded benefits, which should be submitted under ‘Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational’. Safeguarded benefits are defined as benefits that are not money purchase or cash balance benefits. This means defined benefits, guaranteed pensions including Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (GMPs) and Guaranteed Annuity Rates (GARs). Please note – in respect of money purchase schemes, if the GAR is the only safeguarded benefit please submit under ‘Existing Defined Contribution Plan or Annuity’.

Please remember to hover your mouse over the help text logo (?) next to the ‘Is this a New or Existing Plan?’ drop down for further guidance on the appropriate route to select for your advice.

Newly developed Plan Details tab for the ‘Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational’ route.

Selected from the Report Builder → Retirement Advice → Recommended Plan → Plan Builder → Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational → Plan Details.

If you select these options, output text is presented in the report under Retirement Advice → Existing Retirement Product Advice.

Fully revised tab to cater for Existing DB scheme details. Changes include but are not limited to:

• Cash Equivalent Transfer Value (including CETV guarantee dates and enhanced transfer incentives options)
• Membership Status (Active or Deferred with scope to include details of relevant revaluation and escalation rates)
• Early Retirement options
• Protected Tax-Free Cash
• Pension Projections at Scheme and Desired Retirement Age
• Scheme Funding Position 

New Defined Benefit Transfer Risk Warning.

Selected from the Report Builder → Retirement Advice → Recommended Plan → Plan Builder → Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational → Plan Details → Action Applicable to this Plan → Pension Transfer

Output text is presented in the report under Introduction to Advice and directly after contents page.

Allows the option to include an overarching risk warning at the beginning of the report by selecting the suggested default text or ‘other’ to incorporate your own risk warning.

Revised Situation on Death Tab for ‘Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational’ route.

Selected from the Report Builder → Retirement Advice → Recommended Plan → Plan Builder → Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational → Situation on Death.

Ability to record details of the current situation on death, i.e. what benefits the DB scheme will pay by selecting from a range of options and outlining any discussion had around them.

Newly developed Pension Transfer TVAS Yield tab for ‘Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational’ route.

Selected from the Report Builder → Retirement Advice → Recommended Plan → Plan Builder → Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational → Pension Transfer TVAS Yield.

Ability to provide commentary and capture Critical Yields and Hurdle rates at the Scheme Retirement Age and Desired Retirement Age(s) of the client.

Newly developed ‘Actions Applicable to this Plan’ options for ‘Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational’ route.

Selected from the Report Builder → Retirement Advice → Recommended Plan → Plan Builder → Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational → Plan Details → Action Applicable to this Plan.

You will have the option to:

• Transfer* from the DB scheme
• Take Scheme Benefits
• Fully encash under Triviality rules

*Previous reference to ‘Transfer’ for all existing Defined Contribution Plans has now been renamed ‘Pension Switch’

Expansion to Existing Product Recommendation Reasons, Existing Product Disadvantages, Risk Warnings and Glossary for ‘Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational’ route.

Selected from the Report Builder → Retirement Advice → Recommended Plan → Plan Builder → Existing Defined Benefit Scheme or Other Occupational → Plan Details.

Further suggested text entered into the system to accommodate newly developed Defined Benefit transfer recommendations.

Additional Retirement Products added to New Plans:

Short Term Annuity, Investment Annuity, Flexible Annuity, Purchased Life Annuity, Small Self-Administered Scheme, Group Stakeholder Pension, Group Personal Pension, Company Money Purchase Scheme, Master Trust

Additional Retirement Products added to Existing Plans:

Investment Annuity, With-Profits Annuity, Fixed Term Annuity, Flexible Annuity, Small Self-Administered Scheme, Master Trust, Group Stakeholder Pension

Selected from the Report Builder → Retirement Advice → Recommended Plan → Plan Builder → New/Existing → Product

Output text is presented in the report under Retirement Advice → New/Existing Retirement Product Advice

We continue to enhance the Retirement products available and this includes our recent Annuity, SSAS and Occupational Pension additions. Available for selection under the Plans tab. Glossary terms and Risk Warnings are also generated that link with the text output within the report.

Expanded ‘Actions Applicable to this Plan’ options for ‘New’ Plan route.

Selected from the Report Builder → Retirement Advice → Recommended Plan → Plan Builder → New → Plan Details → Action Applicable to this Plan.

In addition to the standard accumulation options (Lump Sum, Regular and Source of Contributions) you will now have the option to:

• Take PCLS
• Take Income
• Withdrawal/UFPLS
• Fully encash under Small Pot rules

Expanded ‘Actions Applicable to this Plan’ options for ‘Existing Defined Contribution Plan’ route.

Selected from the Report Builder → Retirement Advice → Recommended Plan → Plan Builder → Existing Defined Contribution Plan or Annuity → Plan Details → Action Applicable to this Plan.

In addition to the standard accumulation/decumulation options (Lump Sum, Regular, Source of Contributions, Transfer*, Withdrawal) you will now have the option to:

• Take PCLS
• Take Income
• Withdrawal/UFPLS
• Fully encash under Small Pot rules

*Now renamed as ‘Pension Switch’ for all existing Defined Contribution plans.

Cost Comparison tab renamed Personal Pension Switch Comparison and Critical Yield Comparison tab renamed as Critical Yield A/B Comparison for ‘Existing Defined Contribution Plan’ route with changes to existing content.

Selected from the Report Builder → Retirement Advice → Recommended Plan → Plan Builder → Existing Defined Contribution Plan or Annuity.

We have significantly altered the newly renamed Critical Yield A/B Comparison tab to include details of the Type A critical yield figure (for an equivalent immediate annuity that could be bought today) and Type B critical yield figure (to maintain the selected level of income). You will have the option to include these figures at three different annuity purchase ages with some suggested default text to further describe the critical yield outcomes. 

Newly developed ‘Further Considerations’ tab for New and Existing (DC/Annuity & DB) Plans.

Selected from the Report Builder → Retirement Advice → Recommended Plan → Plan Builder → Further Considerations.

Includes optional areas you may wish to address at a further consideration level:

• State Pension Consideration (New)
• Discounted Alternatives for decumulation purposes (New)
• Lifetime Allowance Tax Charge (previously found under the Plan Features tab)
• Lifetime Allowance Protection (as above)
• Impact plan has on client’s total retirement income needs (as above)
• Relative importance of the contract, given clients financial circumstances (as above)