How to prepare for pension recycling

The most interesting aspect of the government's planned pension reforms involves 'pension recycling'. Ed Bowsher explains how it works.

The government has given more detail on how its pension reforms will work from next April. The most interesting aspect is that it's now clear that there will be opportunities for pension recycling'.

In other words, some folk will be able to take tax-free money from their pension, and then reinvest it back into their pension pot with a further tax break.So how might this work?

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Ed Bowsher

Ed has been a private investor since the mid-90s and has worked as a financial journalist since 2000. He's been employed by several investment websites including Citywire, breakingviews and The Motley Fool, where he was UK editor.

 

Ed mainly invests in technology shares, pharmaceuticals and smaller companies. He's also a big fan of investment trusts.

 

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