SIPP

Self-invested pensions provider Hornbuckle Mitchell has sold a 60.34% controlling stake in the business to two new private investors.

LV= retirement and protection businesses both achieved 15% growth in 2012 according to its latest results.

The BBC has postponed an episode of Panorama covering overseas luxury property company Harlequin following allegations of bribery.

PROPERTY

Self Invested Person Pensions (SIPP) provider, James Hay Partnership, has seen a drop in profits of 6% year on year, according to its parent company IFG, which released full year 2012 results today.

In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Would you be happy to put residential property into a SIPP if the government changes investment rules?

Dentons Pension Management has acquired RSM Tenon's bespoke self-invested personal pension (SIPP) arm Tenon Pension Trustees for an undisclosed sum.

IFA TailorMade Independent (TMI), which advised on investments with troubled overseas property agent Harlequin Property, has launched an internal review of its processes following a visit by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

Changes are coming to SIPP illustrations in the name of greater disclosure and aiding consumer decision-making. Andy Leggett examines some of the issues

Some agents selling Harlequin properties before March 2009 misled investors into thinking that their investment money would be held securely in ring-fenced accounts.