Christine Hallett founded retirement and SIPP provider Options UK (formerly Carey Pensions) in 2009 and is MD of the company, now part of STM Group. Here, the Options MD talks exclusively about her business following the controversial Adams case, her views on the SIPP market and her plans for the future.

STM Group, parent company of SIPP provider Options, has agreed to acquire the SIPP and SSAS portfolio of US asset manager and pension consultancy Mercer.

Options UK Personal Pensions (formerly Carey UK Pensions) has sought permission from the Supreme Court to appeal the recent judgment by the Court of Appeal in the long-running and pivotal Adams v Carey SIPP case.

STM Group, the international financial services provider which owns Carey Pensions, has delayed its 2020 year end results following discussions with its auditors after the recent shock Adams v Carey court judgment.

SIPP provider STM, the owner of the London & Colonial and Options SIPP businesses, has sold some of its Gibraltar-based businesses for just over £3m.

SIPP and cross-border financial services firm STM has expressed “disappointment” at the Court of Appeal’s decision to allow a challenge to the recent ‘Adams’ case judgment.

Options Pensions has launched a Sharia SIPP in partnership with Islamic investment group Wahed Invest.

Carey Pensions, now know as Options SIPP, has claimed victory in the long-awaited Adams Case over who is liable for SIPPs investments.

International pensions group STM, which bought troubled SIPP firm Carey Pensions last year, is planning further acquisitions in the SIPP and pensions sector as its focuses on the UK.

Carey Pensions, the SIPP firm bought out last year after being hit by a major court case, has been relaunched under a new name, Options.