Sipp Provider Group and APT in merger talks

According to Barry Bolland, technical manager of the Ssas/Sipp practice at HSBC and chairman of the Sipp Provider Group, and Francis Moore, managing director of European Pensions Management and secretary of the SPG, discussions have already begun between the two groups. Bolland says: “At the moment we have got two bodies that are looking at and consulting on the same things with the Government which does not make much sense, so we have begun discussions. At the end of the day we will have a harder hitting organisation and the number of schemes we will represent will double. Hopefully we w...