The chief executive of a Sipp provider has said his firm will steer clear of becoming a direct competitor in the platform market despite an alliance with a wrap platform tech company.

Pension schemes should not rest easy from Scots voting no to independence, a Sipps firm warned this morning, as experts signalled they still see significant change on the horizon.

An adviser relationship manager from AJ Bell has left to bolster Xafinity's Sipp and SSAS sales team.

Two firms have struck a deal to create a "sophisticated portal" for administering UK Sipps and SSAS.

Big life and pensions companies are "running scared" of the Budget reforms and appear to be angling for the implementation date to be postponed, a Sipps firm chief executive has claimed.

Barnett Waddingham has purchased Chase de Vere's Sipp and SSAS book for an undisclosed fee, it announced this morning.

There was a 46% rise in the number of complaints about Sipps made to The Pensions Advisory Service in the last year.

A ruling against a Sipp operator which sparked fears of a precedent being set and a rise in claims will be reviewed by The Financial Ombudsman Service.

A sipp firm has undertaken research, which suggests that awareness of Sipps among young people has risen significantly since the Budget in March.

IFG Group, which owns Sipp and SSAS wrap provider James Hay, has sold its Irish pension and advisory business to Willis Ireland for £10.8m.