Pensions

The use of a permitted investment list could stifle innovation in the SIPP and SSAS market according to Talbot & Muir.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) should reinstate the use of a permitted investment list across the pensions industry to protect the end consumer from further scandals, according to London & Colonial (L&C).

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has promised to be more communicative with the industry that pays for it.

Prosperity Independent Financial Advisers and Stockbrokers has joined forces with investment specialist Brooks Macdonald Asset Management to give clients targeted access to their funds.

Charles Stanley Direct has cut its share dealing rate by 25% to £7.50 per trade for the whole of January, in a bid to encourage clients to annually rebalance their portfolios.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has begun contacting clients of failed firm Tailormade, which was a major distributor of troubled overseas property company Harlequin Property.

Mark Bourke, group chief executive of IFG Group, is to leave the firm in April to take up an external role.

Association of Member Directed Pensions Schemes(AMPS) chairman Neil MacGillivray talks to Helen Morrissey about the challenges facing the industry as well as his plans for his tenure.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has further delayed the publication of its proposals for new capital adequacy requirements for self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers, saying it wanted to factor in the findings of its current thematic review...

Providers should take a stand against pension liberation schemes by refusing to comply with transfer requests, advisers say.