With all the recent chatter about drawdown reform, no one spotted that the Government would advocate unrestricted access to pension pots for all.
Commentators, regulators and even the industry itself have all struggled to split the SIPP market into neatly labelled boxes to highlight the wide range of products under the SIPP moniker.
Calls for a return of the "permitted investment list" for self-invested pensions (SIPPs, SSASs and QROPSs) continue.
We start 2014 knowing that the Pensions Regulator will be looking to improve governance in small trust-based DC schemes following the publication of Code of Practice 13 in November.
So my first month away from AMPS in six years and I was suffering from cold turkey when I saw the release of new guidance by the FCA together with the announcement of a third thematic review.
The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) - the Sipps and SSAS providers' body - has appointed James Hay's head of technical support Neil MacGillivray as chairman.
AMPS chairman Andrew Roberts, who blogs regularly for Sipps Professional, has stepped down from his role as chairman as he previewed in his September blog.
In his third blog for Sipps Professional, Andrew Roberts, chairman of the Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes, says farewell as chairman of AMPS and looks at the importance of 'good faith.'
The Annual General Meeting of the Sipps provider trade body, AMPS, will take place next week on 3 October in London.
In his second monthly blog for Sipps Professional, Andrew Roberts, chairman of AMPS, looks at the issues surrounding Sipp and SSAS orphans.
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