Category: Blog

The Royal Mail Pension schemes and Pension Sharing

April 2023

Current and previous Royal Mail or Post Office employees may have accrued pension benefits in two different pension schemes.

Déjà vu with Public Sector Pension CEVs being suspended – again

April 2023

It was only a matter of time. Those of you who have been dealing with finances in divorce for some years will know that from time to time...

Lifetime Allowance Tax (LTA) & Divorce, post March 2023 budget

March 2023

If enacted, the spring 2023 budget will remove Lifetime Allowance Tax (LTA). This has been a very tricky issue to deal with in divorce proceedings where there are significant pensions.

Prime Minister pensions: what are they worth?

October 2022

At the time of writing, it has been announced that Rishi Sunak is just about to replace Liz Truss as Leader of the Conservative Party, and by extension, as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Cash Equivalent Values (CEVs) for Defined Benefit pensions, Q3 2022

October 2022

One of the consequences of rises in gilt yields, is that with all other things being equal, Cash Equivalent Values reduce.

New CEO announced

September 2022

We are pleased to announce that George Mathieson is taking on a new role as Ambassador to Mathieson Consulting. In his stead we enthusiastically welcome Jonathan Galbraith to his new role as CEO of Mathieson Consulting from 1st October 2022.

Talking Family Law: George Mathieson guests on the Resolution podcast

October 2021

Our CEO George, takes part in a Podcast by Resolution; Talking Family Law, where guest experts share their take on topical family law issues. This episode is focused on Pensions in Divorce.

Why do our pensions reports take so long to prepare?

May 2021

With over 23 years in the world of pensions administration, Michelle Tandy explains the process of getting all of the relevant pension information from the various scheme administrators.

The difference between a CEV and an OMV

April 2021

In one of our previous blogs we looked at what a Cash Equivalent Value (CEV) is and how a CEV is calculated. However, any readers who are familiar with our pensions on divorce reports may also have seen references to Open Market Values (OMVs) in our reports.

Everything a family lawyer needs to know about McCloud and Public sector pensions – at least for the time being!

March 2021

George Mathieson and Jonathan Galbraith join Rhys Taylor in a discussion on McCloud and Public sector pensions.

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