Redditch-based Go IFA Ltd has become the fifth advice firm this week to be declared as failed or under investigation by the FSCS.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has declared Manchester-based Pension Advice Specialists Ltd (FRN: 792927) as failed.

The Financial Services Compensation scheme has today declared three financial advice firms as failed, including two SIPP-related and one linked to BSPS.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has declared SIPP and SSAS provider Hartley Pensions in default.

The FSCS has declared nine financial services firms - including failed SIPP provider Rowanmoor - in default during December and January, including several financial advisers.

The Financial Services Compensation scheme has declared two financial advice firms as failed including a firm which provided advice on SIPPs.

Liverpool wealth manager Blankstone Sington Ltd (FRN: 143694) has been declared as failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

The FSCS has declared a Portuguese financial firm involved in the UK SIPP market in breach of its regulatory permissions as failed.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has said that it will pay the exit and administration charge (EAC) that the joint administrators propose to levy on Hartley Pensions Limited (HPL) customers, despite earlier saying that it could not.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has declared BSPS-linked South Wales-based Niche Independent Financial Advisers Ltd (FRN: 472635) as failed.