Brighton planning firm declared failed by FSCS

Relating to general investments, pensions and SIPPs

Isabel Baxter
clock • 1 min read

Holborn Assets – trading as Cheshire Pension Consultants and Expatriate Financial Planning Services - has been declared failed by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) over SIPPs, pensions and investment advice.

The FSCS confirmed to PA that it has received 36 complaints against the firm so far, with one upheld leading to the default declaration and one rejected. According to the Financial Conduct Authority register, the Brighton-based firm was first registered in February 2015 but has not been authorised since October 2022 under the name Global UK Wealth.  It also confirms that Holborn Assets is in an insolvency process under the control of appointed insolvency office holder(s) Quantuma Advisory and may have stopped taking on new business. Companies House records indicate that Holborn Ass...

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