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SSAS provider and tax adviser WBR Group has appointed corporate lawyer Roy Botterill as director of law.

As the England cricket team play their last home test series of the summer, I am reminded of a term popularised by the former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has opened an investigation into failed DFM and SSAS investment firm Central Markets Investment Management (CMIM) Limited.

Small self-administered schemes (SSASs) turned 50 last year and it is fair to say that their popularity and endorsement has been mixed over that period.

In my last article for SIPPs Professional, I focused on the role of the professional trustee and outlined the fiduciary responsibilities cast upon them as emphasised by the Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) in its case PO-256984.

In his latest column for SSAS expert Martin Tilley looks at the polarisation threat to the SSAS market.

SSAS providers have hailed a victory as the Department of Work and Pensions has ditched a plan to potentially charge SSAS schemes a £10,000 general levy.

In his latest column for SIPPs Professional, SSAS expert Martin Tilley looks at why the DWP may be damaging the SSAS sector with a lack of clarity on its £10,000 General Levy plan. 

SIPP and SSAS provider body the Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) has called on the DWP to announce a timetable for decisions over the future of its general levy.

In his latest column for SIPPs Professional, SSAS expert Martin Tilley looks at SSAS misundertanding (for professional advisers only).