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3000 financial firms to be quizzed over pension transfer risks

The Financial Conduct Authority, which both sets and enforces the rules for companies working in the financial services sector, is […]

5 financial advisers declared in default with FSCS: Can you claim?

When claims are first made against a financial adviser for potentially negligent advice, they are made directly to the company. […]

Elysian Fuels saga: Future Capital Partners Limited enters into liquidation

Future Capital Partners Limited, the firm that managed the liquidated bio-fuels investment Elysian Fuels, has itself entered into liquidation. The […]

£105MILLION paid out for SIPP pension mis-selling cases in 1 year! How safe is your SIPP pension?

The FSCS paid out around £105 Million in the year 2016-2017 for claims relating to SIPPs: Self-Invested Personal Pensions, much […]

SIPP and SSAS pension complaints jump by a third: is your pension safe?

The Financial Ombudsman Service’s annual report has shown that complaints about SIPP and SSAS pension arrangements has increased by over […]

FOS tells IFA Blackstar to pay client compensation over storage pod investments

The Financial Ombudsman Service has ruled that Blackstar Wealth Management a complaint about a mis-sold pension from Blackstar Wealth Management […]

How pension cold-calling scammers are already planning to dodge the cold-calling ban and take more pensions!

The petition-driven ban against pension cold-calling, which would make it illegal for UK firms to call you out-of-the-blue about your […]

Fraud trial dates to be set for Harlequin investment boss David Ames

Chairman David Ames, previously described as a ‘Walter-Mitty type character’, gets trial date set, but not until September 2018! Harlequin […]

The important, retirement-saving question you NEED to ask: How safe is your SIPP pension?

With even more pension transfers to SIPPs under scrutiny, and even more cases of pension mis-selling set to be received […]

4 SIPP providers fail FCA’s new rules on Capital Adequacy; what next?

Four regulated providers of Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs) have failed the Financial Conduct Authority’s new rules regarding Capital Adequacy, it […]