Latest News

Barnett Waddingham achieves SIPP-SSAS client service rating

Barnett Waddingham has achieved silver in the Investor in Customers (IIC) award for client relationship management in self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) and small self-administered schemes (SSAS).

Xafinity warns 1 in 12 pension transfers may be scam

Analysis by a Sipp provider and pension consultancy has uncovered signs of potential scam activity in 1 in 12 pension transfer requests with unauthorised advisers among the worst culprits.

80% of Britons unhappy with monthly pension savings

More than four in five (83%) Britons are unhappy with the amount they save into their pension every month, according to new research from pension communications company Pension Geeks.

Hargreaves Lansdown joins ABI as first platform member

Bristol-based online investment provider and Financial Planning firm Hargreaves Lansdown is joining the Association of British Insurers as its first platform provider member.

FSCS opens door to compensation on 17 failed firms

The FSCA has declared 17 failed firms in default meaning that consumers could get back money they have lost as a result of their dealings with any of the firms.

Criticism of 'nonsensical' cut to MPAA

The government has introduce a second finance bill today which will reinstate many of the changes delayed before the general election, including the MPAA cut which is back-dated to April.