FOS

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is looking again at a decision against self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Berkeley Burke that lawyers at the time called a "game changer" for the SIPP market.

Prudential has topped the Financial Ombudsman Service's (FOS) list of most complained about pension firms after consumer gripes against the firm were up 2% on the previous half year.

Network Sesame has again come out top as the most complained about advice firm, although numbers of cases against it were down, according to the Financial Ombudsman Service's (FOS) half yearly figures published today.

Berkeley Burke director Gareth Roberts, who was in charge of implementing Retail Distribution Review (RDR) rules in the firm's wealth management division, has left the firm.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled a financial adviser did not pressurise an investor to buy 600 company shares after listening to recordings of their conversations.

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The scale of commissions taken by HSBC bank advisers for one-off pension transfer work has been revealed in a judgement delivered by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS).

Highclere Financial Services senior partner Alan Lakey and adviser community website Panacea Adviser have teamed up to launch a helpline for advisers tackling Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) related issues.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) said it expects the number of advisory businesses declared in default as a result of its investigations into self-invested personal pension (SIPP) advice to rise above the current four.

Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) providers "must feel very nervous" today, according to a law firm, after the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) made a "game changer" of a decision against Berkeley Burke SIPP Administration.