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Norwich Union comments on pre-budget statement
5 December, 2005
In response to the Chancellor's announcement regarding the taxtreatment of SIPPs:
Iain Oliver, head of pensions at Norwich Union, commented: "In thepre-budget speech, the government has recognised the concernsraised by responsible parts of the industry and taken measures tokerb investment into residential property through pensionproducts.
"This action reduces the risk to customers; however, the totalwithdrawal of this option could have been avoided had appropriatelevels of advisory regulation been in place for A-day."
If you would like to talk in more details about the issuesraised by the pre-budget speech please call 07800 695 275.
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