The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) proposed reforms to rules on self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) do not go far enough to tackle malpractice, according to John Moret, director of MoreToSIPPs.
The FSA's director of supervision at its conduct business unit, Clive Adamson, told an investor in the Arch cru funds that complaining to their IFA was the "best course of action" in order to get some form of redress, as the scandal broke in 2009.
The FSA today said individuals making personal recommendations to retail clients via a simplified advice process must be qualified to the same minimum standard as those providing full advice.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has publicly censured Cattles and its subsidiary Welcome Financial Services for publishing misleading information to investors about the credit quality of the latter's loan book.
The number of complaints related to advising, selling and arranging rocketed from 647,000 in the first half of last year to almost 1.1 million in the second half, according to figures released by the FSA today.