A Shropshire-based pension adviser - an appointed rep of failed firm Tenet Connect Limited - has itself been declared as failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, opening the door to compensation claims.

Leicester-based WBR Group, a provider of SSASs and tax advice, has acquired SSAS administrator NM Perris & Co Ltd.

More than two fifths (44%) of people in the UK have not written a will, nor are they currently in the process of doing so, according to new research.

The aggregate surplus of DB pension schemes increased to £485.1bn at the end of October, according to the latest Pension Protection Fund (PPF) 7800 Index.

The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS), the industry body representing SIPP and SSAS providers, has appointed Debbie Seaton of Seabridge SSAS Ltd as its new chair, taking over from Andrew Phipps.