SIPP

Bestinvest has launched an execution-only platform and SIPP service.

Alliance Trust has published its top 20 most popular funds purchased through platform i.nvest for SIPPs and ISA investments over the 2010/11 tax year.

SIPP and SSAS provider Curtis Banks has bought rival Montpelier Pension Administration Services (MPAS) for an undisclosed sum.

The government should allow investors to move assets between different wrappers more easily to aid retirement saving, Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown said.

SIPP providers say they have serious doubts about whether the FSA's proposals to force them to produce more literature and increase charging disclosure will benefit pension clients.

Barnett Waddingham (BW) has reduced by more than £120 the SIPP set-up fees for clients introduced by a financial adviser.

Leading SIPP experts discuss transparency, possible rule changes and regulatory intervention.

John Moret discusses the implications of the new drawdown regime, suggesting a more illustrative pensions systems.

AJ Bell boosted its assets under administration 20% in the six months to the end of March, from £12.6bn to £15.1bn.

Pensions provider AJ Bell has added an ISA and a dealing account to its Sippdeal platform, and will now offer an annual fund rebate of up to 0.5% across all three accounts.