In November last year, the FCA asked Sipp operators to complete a (long) questionnaire to help them with their third thematic review. Among the 40 or so data items requested was the amount of Assets Under Administration (AUA).
The financial ombudsman has rejected a complaint from an investor over HSBC's £9,000 commission for setting up his Sipp.
The government has advanced its pension thinking this month with the enactment of The Finance Act 2014, guidance on allowing new retirees access to next year's pension freedoms and its response to the consultation on those freedoms.
A Sipp operator has been told to compensate an investor after the Financial Ombudsman Service ruled it had failed to ensure that an investment was suitable.
Assets under management have shot through the £1bn barrier at Parmenion, with the company also announcing positive feedback on its new Sipp.
A pension provider has renewed calls for the introduction of a Sipp permitted investment list after a scathing report from the FCA.
Xafinity has reported a milestone in its commercial property investments for its SSAS and Sipp clients.