SIPP

Self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider Curtis Banks has floated on the AIM stock exchange with a market capitalisation of £85m.

All advisory firms face the prospect of an interim levy from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) in 2015-2016 following a swell of claims related to self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs).

Curtis Banks, the specialist self-invested personal pension (SIPP) provider, is planning an £85m float on AIM.

Rowanmoor Group has added a single investment option to its new post-retirement-freedoms SIPP, with reduced set-up and administration fees.

Parmenion has added four withdrawal options to its in-house self-invested personal pension (SIPP) offering, including uncrystallised lump sum (UFPLS).

Troubled overseas property investment scheme Harlequin has put its headquarters up for sale.

The Financial Service Compensation Scheme has slapped a £20m interim levy on life and pensions intermediaries as it deals with "bad" self-invested personal pension (SIPP) advice.

Cash-for-annuities could cost pensioners twice

Financial advisers could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of pounds after the latest twist in the Harlequin saga in which the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has written down the value of the investment to nil.

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