Platforms have been accused of putting consumers at risk by permitting highly complex products on their panels. But isn’t suitability down to the adviser?
SIPP provider Rowanmoor plans to break even in 2012 after announcing promising final-quarter results for 2011 this week.
Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.
Fiona Murphy asks SIPP providers how the industry can restore adviser confidence in esoteric investments.
Bond funds enjoyed a surge in popularity among execution-only clients in the final quarter of last year, according to platform Cofunds' latest sales figures.
These are not going to go down as pension glory days...
The boom in SIPP sales that has seen numbers of the products grow to 700,000 is over, a former James Hay Partnership director has said.
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has announced changes to allow investors more flexibility when organising their annual drawdown reviews.
People paying 50% tax must claim extra tax relief on their pensions before February or risk losing thousands for good, a private bank estimates.
A Channel Islands-listed fund which held "substantial" assets with failed broker MF Global UK Limited has ceased trading.