Pensions

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The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) plan to raise the amount of capital self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers have to hold will spur further consolidation in the market, the chairman of Mattioli Woods has said.

AJ Bell has confirmed it will be one of the first major platforms to go live on Origo's Options re-registration service.

SIPPs

Plans to use self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers' assets under management (AUM) as a factor in determining capital adequacy levels is a mistake, Dentons Pensions has said.

Pension and wrap provider James Hay Partnership has unveiled its post-Retail Distribution Review (RDR) platform pricing model for its self-invested personal pension (SIPP) Investment Centre.

Fiona Murphy asks what the FSA's capital adequacy consultation means for the self invested personal pension (SIPP) industry

Aviva has launched an additional two pension levels on its platform to sit alongside its current self-invested personal pension (SIPP) business.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) plans to increase the minimum capital held by self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers from £5,000 to £20,000.

Suffolk Life is to acquire around 1,700 plans from rival Pointon York's self-invested personal pension (SIPP) book.