SIPP cash commissions - an alternative view

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Liberty SIPP's John Fox puts forward his view on SIPP cash commissions.

However much some in the industry would like to brush it under the carpet, the debate surrounding SIPP cash commissions isn't going anywhere. The argument that it is of little importance in the grand scheme of things was put forward a few weeks back in an article on this very site - SIPPS: A Conflict of Interest - and is one with which I profoundly disagree.  In fact, I think cash commissions are perhaps the number one issue in the SIPPs industry right now. I'm truly at a loss as to how these commissions can be seen as insignificant when they form the basis of many SIPP providers' ...

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