Pension Liberation

Most of the 41 pension liberation cases currently under investigation by the Pensions Ombudsman (PO) are complaints against trustees blocking transfers to suspicious vehicles.

The number of pension liberation complaints under investigation by the Pensions Ombudsman (PO) has risen to 41, IFAonline's sister title Professional Pension has revealed.

Senior pension industry figures and high level regulators have formed a group dedicated to halting the proliferation of pension liberation.

As TPAS celebrates its 30th anniversary chief executive Michelle Cracknell tells Helen Morrissey about her plans for the service.

Providers should take a stand against pension liberation schemes by refusing to comply with transfer requests, advisers say.

Consumers are oblivious to the 'bigger industry picture' and are easy targets for unregulated 'advisers' who sell them risky products while collecting commission, an IFA has warned.

The number of suspicious pension transfer requests with suspected links to liberation fraud is spiralling and the government must act decisively on the issue, Aviva has said.

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The nine suspected liberation vehicles at the centre of the High Court pension liberation court case are occupational pension schemes, a judge has ruled.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has made its scheme registration process more stringent in an attempt to prevent pension liberation fraud.