Six reasons to top up your pension

“The starting point is to look at where you are at now and what pensions you might have already in place? “Usually, people come in with several pensions as a result of having moved jobs a few times.

Pension Awareness is back. Bigger than ever. Better than before. We’re celebrating 10 years of making a positive difference. Over the last decade, we have contributed to helping and improving the financial lives of millions of people. An incredible achievement. Get involved from 11th – 15th September

Pension scams often involve attractive offers that aim to persuade you to transfer your pension pot (or release funds from it). If you’re worried about money and want to use your pension to repay debts, contact a free

Inflation has pushed a comfortable retirement further out of reach for many savers, who now need to build a pot of nearly £600,000 to achieve financial freedom, new research reveals. The rising cost of living requires an extra

The climate emergency, plus many other economic and political crises, have made many of us think more carefully about how our investment decisions affect the world around us. When it comes to planning for retirement that means thinking

Less than half of UK children have been taught about money at home or in school, according to a new report from the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS). STM Group plc (LON:STM) is a multi-jurisdictional financial services group

Commercial property SIPPs offer many advantages for investors, especially for groups of individual SIPPs where they can use part of their individual pension pot to buy commercial properties which would otherwise be beyond their individual capability.  There are

SIPPs have always evolved to meet changing demands, and will continue to be an important pension wrapper. In this article we explain why the future is bright for SIPPs in 2023, and beyond. A growing market We have

Centology, a startup provider of integrated financial software has announced the launch of its new SIPP in partnership with Options UK. The SIPP is designed to provide clients with quick and easy access to a low cost and

Options are delighted to be working with Wahed Invest and confirm that their Sharia model portfolios are acceptable to be used within our Simple SIPP, providing our clients with a Sharia SIPP option. What happens next? Options will

Options Pensions’ parent company STM Group has agreed in principle to a takeover bid by Pension Superfund Capital, a company founded by industry veteran Edi Truell. In an announcement to the stock exchange this morning (July 11), STM Group

Cross-border financial services provider STM Group has reached agreement in principle on “the key terms of a possible cash offer” for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of the company from Pension SuperFund (PSF) Capital.

As the cost of living goes up, many people are finding that they need both State and private pensions to fund a good retirement. Estimates suggest that over £11 billion were contributed to private pensions in the 2020-21 financial year,