IFAs could face the threat of legal action from clients with money trapped in failed Icelandic bank subsidiary Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Isle of Man (KSFIOM) if the proposed compensation scheme does not return their ensnared savings.
If bondholders with money in KSFIOM do not recover a high percentage of their funds, there will be a movement in the direction of legal action with accusations of mis-selling, according to action group KSFIOMDAG. KSFIOM depositors will vote on the Isle of Man Treasury's Scheme of Arrangement (SOA) on 19 May. If approved, the Treasury believes the SOA has the potential to pay out over half of depositors in full within three months and over 70% of depositors in full within two years. The action group says bondholders feel life companies have put money in the wrong place and have a respons...
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