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Prudential Private Pension Plan

Judwin · 2007-01-31 16:26:03

20 years ago (when I was 22), I walked into the local Pru office, and set up a Personal Pension plan. It's the "With Profits" plan. I opted out of SERPS at the same time because the government were offering bribes and inducements to do so. I've upped and downed the amounts payed into it over the years, and made several…

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dunstonh Posts: 120,605 Forumite

25 August 2007 at 8:37PM

The difference with the Hbrid schemes is that they they are less attractive in choice or cost than many SIPPs

In what way are they less attractive? At the end of the day, the charges are either the same, less or more depending on what providers you look at. I can do a fund supermarket pension cheaper than HL do their SIPP and that is recognised as one of the cheaper SIPPs (and closet match to fund supermarket pension).

I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.

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