Special company pension schemes used by many company directors to control where there pension fund invests such as deciding which shares it wishes to buy or buying commercial property for ths company to trade in, called SSAS schemes (Small Self Administered Schemes), look set to have certain rights withdrawn. A SSAS can currently borrow money in the form of a mortgage to assist with a property purchase. In simple terms, your pension fund can take out a mortgage. This looks set to be withdrawan under new EU regulations.
Our view
Well what a surpise. An excellent facility that has helped British business build itself will be closed. However, there is and still will be the facility to do the same via a personal pension types arrangement - the Self Invested Personal Pension Plan (SIPP)Take a look at SSAS and SIPP'.s.