AJ Bell investors see charges rise as Sipp exit fees are scrapped

AJ Bell investors see charges rise as Sipp exit fees are scrapped: Platform overhauls customer costs as it posts a pandemic-fuelled bump in profit Investing platform has announced a run of changes to its fees and charges  This includes the removal of Sipp exit fees and pension drawdown charges  Cap on custody charges for shares … Read more

Fee-free share dealing app Freetrade will launch a Sipp

Commission-free share investing platform Freetrade will launch a self-invested personal pension in December this year, This is Money can reveal. App-based service, Freetrade, which is popular among millennials, saw its customer base almost double throughout 2020 off the back of its no share-dealing fees pricing. The Sipp will be available to new and existing customers, but … Read more

Best Sipps: How to pick the best (and cheapest) Sipp to build your pension investments

Investing in a pension is a far simpler task than it once was, with a whole host of mobile, online and face to face options available today. Thanks to the rise of self-invested personal pensions, or Sipps as they are commonly known, it is possible to easily build and manage a retirement pot of shares, … Read more

Could your Sipp eat £11,000 more in fees than a rival?

The penny hopefully dropped some time ago on how high charges eat returns when we invest for retirement, but do investors also pay enough attention when it comes to drawing on their pension? The difference in investing a £250,000 pension pot for drawdown retirement income between the most expensive and cheapest providers would be £11,300 … Read more

I moved my army pension worth £75k into a Sipp and it’s losing money

I served just under 15 years in the British Army. I left the military at the end of 2005 and moved in to private security working in Afghanistan, Somalia and now South Sudan. Having served over 12 years I am entitled to a half military pension once I reach retirement age. While working in Afghanistan … Read more