Louise Sivyer: New PASA guidance will mean a better service for savers
I was pleased to attend the launch of PASA’s DB transfers guidance on 8 July. As a member of the working group, The Pensions...
TPR issues nearly 1,000 section 72 information requests in nine years
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has issued 937 requests for information under section 72 of the Pensions Act 2004 since its...
FCA weighs up U-turn to ban contingent charging on DB transfers
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on plans to ban contingent charging on defined benefit (DB) transfer advice.
Firms with transfer permissions to submit data to FCA every six months
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is looking to require adviser firms with pension transfer permissions to submit data to the...
FCA to implement compulsory investment pathways for non-advised drawdown
Defined contribution (DC) drawdown providers will have to offer non-advised consumers investment pathways from August 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said.
FCA looks to tighten up defined benefit transfer protections
The Financial Conduct Authority has unveiled a range of pension-related proposals with a view to improving the quality of pension...
FCA fines Standard Life Assurance £31m for non-advised annuity sales failures
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Standard Life Assurance (SLA) nearly £31m after its practices led to conflicts of...
TPR launches probe into ‘shape-shifting employers’ dodging AE duties
Companies which have tried to dodge their pension duties by changing their identities are being "hunted" by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) in...
Thai hotels, olive trees and ‘conflicts of interest’ – Portafina’s complaints laid bare
In the early part of this decade, advice firm Portafina, then known as Portal Financial, recommended a number of clients...
DB transfers, PII issues and SIPP market drama… what you missed at the RP...
Defined benefit transfers, PI insurance and self-invested personal pension (SIPP) court cases were at the top of the agenda at the Retirement Planner Forum...
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