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Monday, 25 January 2016 11:47
FCA will use full powers to enforce cap ad changes
A Sipp expert has questioned whether the FCA has the resources to police the new capital adequacy rules taking effect in September and what punishments firms failing to meet the requirements will face.
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Wednesday, 13 January 2016 11:28
Sipp advice lands boss in hot water with FCA
An advisory firm chief executive has been handed an official warning notice by the FCA over Sipp related advice.
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Thursday, 07 January 2016 12:22
Drawdown: FCA stats show 42% not using an adviser
Many customers newly entering drawdown to stay invested have not been using an adviser, new FCA figures showed this morning.
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Tuesday, 08 December 2015 12:46
Sipp firm capital rules remain despite PIF changes
The minimum capital adequacy requirements for directly authorised personal investment firms will be doubled to £20,000 next June.
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Monday, 07 December 2015 11:45
Sipp standard asset rules firmed up by latest FCA paper
The latest FCA statement on the new capital adequacy rules strengthens the view that commercial property is, in most cases, a standard asset, a pensions expert says.
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Friday, 04 December 2015 16:15
FCA publishes ‘watered down’ Sipp rule changes
The FCA has published what it called ‘minor changes’ to its new capital adequacy rules this afternoon – with one expert saying the original proposals had been ‘watered down’.
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Monday, 30 November 2015 11:04
‘Improper' Sipps switching sparks FCA probe
Several advice firms are braced for FCA punishments after consumers were advised to switch their mainstream personal pensions into Sipps through ‘improper delegation’ to unauthorised firms.
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Thursday, 05 November 2015 09:58
Definition of financial advice 'dangerously blurred' - AJ Bell
Platform and Sipp operator AJ Bell is warning that the distinction between financial advice and other information or guidance services has become blurred and this is having two dangerous consequences.
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Thursday, 29 October 2015 11:29
AJ Bell urges crackdown on freedom-blocking pensions
In its response to the Treasury consultation on pension transfers and early exit charges, Sipp provider AJ Bell has called for all early encashment penalties that block access to the new pension freedoms to be scrapped.
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Wednesday, 21 October 2015 12:08
John Moret: Sipps – interest 'turn' still a cause for concern
Back in 2001 - when we almost succeeded with a MBO of the Sipp provider I was running (Personal Pension Management Ltd long since defunct) – I was questioned by the VC who was backing us about the sustainability of the interest “turn” that we derived from the pooling of bank accounts.
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