AMPS appoints Claire Trott as first female chairman

Rowanmoor's Alan Finch will continue in the role of honorary secretary, while Aviva's Tasneem Ul-Haq and Hartsfield Trustee Services' Joy West will act as honorary treasurer and membership secretary respectively. Trott (pictured) said: "You cannot deny that the pension sector and in particular self-invested personal pensions [SIPPs] and small self-administered schemes [SSASs] have been in the spotlight. "There is continued regulatory change and focus and it is important that, as the industry body for SIPP and SSAS firms, we have a clear focus on what our members need and what they are...