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  • Important information about transfer restrictions - Notice

    Topics:
    • Working in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, 
    • FAQs and information for NICS Pension Schemes Members, 
    • Recent news for NICS Pension Schemes Employers

    Date published: 3 November 2016

    As part of his Budget Statement 2014, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that, from 6 April 2015, there is to be greater flexibility in the way that members of defined contribution pension schemes can access their pension pot. In essence, members of such schemes will be less constrained to purchase an annuity than is currently the case and will have more freedom to choose, in light of their personal circumstances, whether to purchase an annuity, draw down their savings as a lump sum, or keep their pension invested. 

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