About this episode

Claire Southern recaps the latest developments in pensions over the past two weeks.

In this episode of HL Pensions NewsBeat, Hogan Lovells Pensions partner Claire Southern gives a recap of the last two weeks in the world of pensions. In this episode: news on the Parliamentary process; small pots and IHT; risk concentration in Master Trusts; and annuity rates on the rise again. To listen to more episodes of HL Pensions NewsBeat, click here: HL Pensions NewsBeat: all episodes To listen to episodes of our other podcast series, HL PensionsPod, click here: HL PensionsPod: all episodes Follow us on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/101861071/feed/posts/

People in this episode

Guest: Claire Southern

Topics covered

• pensions
• Parliamentary process
• small pots
• IHT
• risk concentration
• Master Trusts
• annuity rates

Keywords

• pensions
• Parliamentary process
• small pots
• IHT
• risk concentration
• Master Trusts
• annuity rates

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Organizations: Hogan Lovells, HL Pensions NewsBeat, HL PensionsPod

Places: Parliamentary

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