The size of Westminster enables the firm to have several dedicated pension specialists, essential to deliver cutting edge advice in such a complicated sector.

All UK resident professionals are likely to accumulate significant pension funds throughout their careers and with the demise of the final salary scheme the investment of such funds can be crucial to the quality of clients’ standard of living in retirement.

A widening of the pension rules now means the opportunity for rewarding pension investment has greatly improved. As a result, many clients are now consolidating historic, more expensive contracts into self managed schemes, where they have control over decision making, risk and performance.

A high proportion of clients show considerable interest in investing in the more esoteric types of assets allowable under the new pension law, such as ground rents, hedge funds, currency trading and commodities.

For those that are or will become non-UK resident there is the opportunity to transfer away from the UK to potentially more favourable pension & tax regimes under QROPS legislation – Qualifying Regulated Off-Shore Pension Schemes.