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Thursday, 17 September 2015 12:23
4,000 face 40% or higher pension exit fees
A leading pensions expert says the number of people found to be facing exit charges in a major FCA study is ‘significant’ - despite being lower than many might have expected.
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Wednesday, 16 September 2015 12:09
Pension reforms: FCA finds many firms refusing insistent clients
Nearly a third of firms have told the FCA they always refuse transfers from insistent clients.
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Friday, 28 August 2015 10:46
Troubled Sipp providers hold talks with Mattioli
A director at Mattioli Woods has confirmed his firm is holding talks with troubled Sipp providers and the FCA to look at possible solutions ahead of the revamped capital adequacy rules taking effect next year.
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Wednesday, 19 August 2015 09:11
John Moret: Latest debacle causes huge damage to Sipps market
I guess by now I shouldn’t be surprised at anything that emerges from the regulator on the subject of Sipps. There have been numerous well documented failures in the advice regime governing Sipps that it’s hard to believe that worse could follow.
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Monday, 27 July 2015 16:57
SSAS review service launches as firm warns over regulatory fines
Talbot and Muir has launched a free SSAS review service for advisers.
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Thursday, 23 July 2015 12:31
Whistleblowers make ten Sipp sector complaints to FCA
There were ten whistleblowing complaints about the Sipp sector in 2014/15, the FCA has revealed.
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Thursday, 18 June 2015 11:05
Sipps firm reacts as FCA told to probe 'unfair pension barriers'
The FCA must fire a warning to firms that barriers stopping savers accessing their pensions are unacceptable, the Government has commanded.
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Monday, 15 June 2015 10:46
Firm: New Sipp option shows we're raising game as FCA wanted
A Sipp firm claims its new proposition shows it has risen to the challenge laid down by the FCA for operators in the sector to up their game.
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Wednesday, 10 June 2015 12:20
Pension transfer specialist rule changes increase complexity
Rule changes to make advising on the transfer of safeguarded pension benefits into flexible benefits a regulated activity could lead to further up skilling in the industry, a pensions expert believes.
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Tuesday, 09 June 2015 11:30
Capital adequacy: Fear over balance sheets before consumers
A senior figure at a Sipp firm fears operators could put their balance sheets before the best interests of consumers if the FCA fails to get its latest capital adequacy plans right.
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