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Thursday, 04 October 2018 12:50

Pension transfer advisers will need specialist qualification from 2020

The Financial Conduct Authority has today published final rules and guidance from its consultation on improving the quality of pension transfer advice.

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Monday, 30 July 2018 11:00

Guest column - Lee Halpin @sipp: Do investment pathways strengthen the case for CRPs?

At first glance, how the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) intends to improve retirement outcomes for non-advised consumers may appear of little relevance to advisers. And with no short supply of regulatory changes affecting their businesses’, many advisers might have concluded that the time spent reading CP18/17 was more a luxury than a necessity.

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Tuesday, 19 June 2018 12:57

Consumers to get new powers to influence pension schemes

For the first time pension scheme members will be given powers to hold their pension schemes to account over how social and environmental factors impact their investments.

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Thursday, 22 March 2018 15:34

Bosses who risk DB pensions could be hit retrospectively

Bosses who have jeopardised defined benefit pension schemes could be fined retrospectively, Secretary of State Esther McVey has announced.

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Friday, 02 March 2018 17:01

Annuity 'shop around' rules come into effect

Firms are now obliged to inform consumers how much they could gain from shopping around for annuities under new rules which take effect this week.

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Monday, 26 February 2018 12:32

FCA reveals plans for ‘wider’ public register

The FCA is proposing to retain a wider-scale public register of advisers and others working at financial services firms, it announced this morning.

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Friday, 02 February 2018 10:55

FCA personal pensions probes to include Sipp review

The FCA has launched a probe into possible ‘harm’ to consumers in the non-workplace pensions market.

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Wednesday, 19 July 2017 10:18

New pension transfers qualification as FCA tightens rules

The Chartered Insurance Institute is preparing the launch of a new pension transfers qualification following FCA plans to tighten the advice requirements for the transfer of safeguarded benefits.

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Tuesday, 18 July 2017 10:05