SIPP

Fiona Murphy asks what the new paper on platforms could mean for SIPP operators

MoretoSIPPs principal John Moret has called for a new regulatory framework for the SIPP market.

The SIPP industry remains divided on alternative investments with 47% of AMPS conference delegates believing they should be restricted to high net worth clients.

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

In this week's quick fire Retirement Planner poll we ask: Should we have interim capital adequacy rules for self-invested personal pension operators?

Advisers and agents selling clients investments in Caribbean villas run by Harlequin Property received commissions of up to 15%, according to a lawyer close to the situation.

The administrator of the sales arm of the troubled Harlequin Property group has racked up fees of more than £28,000 in its first ten days in the role.

Hornbuckle Mitchell has posted a 5% revenue increase and 21% growth in year-on-year earnings for 2012, announced less than a month after the firm sold a controlling stake to two private investors.

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Pension providers who automatically increase clients' drawdown income to 120% GAD could push clients into a higher tax bracket warns Hornbuckle Mitchell.