People looking for ways to aid saving for retirement may be interested in changed to Standard Life's Self Invested Personal Pensions (Sipps) investment deal.
Sipps, described as "modern, flexible [and] innovative" by the company, enables customers to build up a pension by regularly investing or putting in occasional lump-sum amounts. Tax-free sums and income can then be withdrawn as an alternative to pension annuities, it explained.
Now, the package on offer includes access to more than 1,000 funds from its own and other investments, a Net Asset Value deal on funds and discounts on annual administration charges.
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Aug 18 2008
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