QA57 - Listener Questions, Episode 57

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In this UK personal finance Q&A, Pete Matthew and Roger Weeks answer listener questions on offshore investment bonds, GIA tax, pensions, retirement drawdown and building financial stability in your twenties. They explain how UK tax can apply to dividends, capital gains, offshore bond withdrawals, top slicing relief and pension crystallisation, with practical context for retirement planning and long-term investing. The episode also covers the normal minimum pension age rules, phased pension access, tax-free cash and how couples often divide responsibility for managing household finances. Shownotes: https://meaningfulmoney.tv/QA57  01:04  Question 1 Hi Pete & Roger, I'm hooked on your Podcasts; they are invaluable and strangely fun. Though I don't recall hearing about Offshore Investments Bonds being discussed, this is a worry to me because I have one with Prudential which my financial advisor arranged for me. (My original premium invested £254,640 on 11th March 2027.) I would appreciate to hear your general views on Offshore Investments Bonds, a general overview with positives and negatives. Also, I'm thinking of letting my Pension Advisor go, and going alone at the