It has taken Holistic Pension Transfer Specialists (HPTS) 30 months to return to unrestricted trading after six of its case files were deemed “unclear” by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in November 2019, the firm revealed.
The FCA visited Chesterfield-based defined benefit (DB) transfer specialist firm HPTS in November 2019 and immediately asked it to "voluntarily" withdraw from the market after six files dating between 2017 and 2018 were found lacking in factfinding evidence, the firm said. It took until May 2021 for work to recommence at the firm, it said, as a result of administrative delays and the pandemic. On 27 May 2021, the regulator prevented the firm from paying out dividends and disposing of assets without its permission, according to the FCA register. The imposed restriction prevented the firm ...
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