Defining Broken Transfers: Is the advice profession heading towards a mis-selling scandal?

Summer series continues

Tom Ellis
clock • 15 min read

While the problems with unscrupulous and unsuitable advice around the British Steel Pension Scheme saga pushed defined benefit transfers into the spotlight - and briefly into the national conversation - there is the feeling among many that DB transfers could evolve into a much bigger problem for the advice profession.

While the problems with unscrupulous and unsuitable advice around the British Steel Pension Scheme saga pushed defined benefit transfers into the spotlight - and briefly into the national conversation - there is the feeling among many that DB transfers could evolve into a much bigger problem for the advice profession. There have been high-profile mis-selling scandals across financial services for decades - the PPI saga, led by banks, has crowded TVs with nagging claim adverts for years, while the personal pension mis-selling of 30 years ago lives ripe in the memory for some. When claims management...

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