Sipps
Tax & Regulation | 18 Jan 17
FCA punishes IFA firm for pension transfer failures
Bank House Investment Management, the personal wealth division of the UK-based Bank House group, has been barred from carrying out business such as advising on investments after an investigation by the regulator into its pension transfer business.
Best Practice | 5 Dec 16
UK gov’t moves to tackle rising threat of pension scams
Nearly two years after the UK pension freedoms were introduced, the British government believes the current massive scale of scamming activity surrounding the industry warrants new laws to limit the rights of savers to transfer money out of existing schemes for their own protection.
Retirement | 1 Dec 16
Dodgy Sipps claims to drive up FSCS levy on UK advisers
The UK’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has warned it may impose an interim levy on life and pension advisers over the increasing number of claims related to self-invested personal pension schemes (Sipps).
Tax & Regulation | 28 Sep 16
UK watchdog calls to scrap £50k limit on ‘bad’ advice
The head of the UK’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has called for the £50,000 ($64,907,€57,770) limit on payouts for clients who receive bad financial advice to be scrapped.
STM to buy London & Colonial, Rops fee waiver impacts results
STM Group has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire UK Sipp provider London & Colonial and its subsidiaries for nearly £5.4m ($7.2m, €6.4m).