Financial advisers find ‘consumer support’ the most challenging Consumer Duty requirement, according to new research from Abrdn, an investment and SIPP provider.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has said that it will pay the exit and administration charge (EAC) that the joint administrators propose to levy on Hartley Pensions Limited (HPL) customers, despite earlier saying that it could not.

The government must get its pension priorities right, as the lifetime allowance (LTGA) abolition draws nearer, writes James Jones-Tinsley of Barnett Waddingham.

Nearly two thirds (63%) of advisers are concerned about the impact of the Government’s proposed lifetime pension provider model, according to a new report.

Eddie McGuire, managing director of @sipp, and the firm's finance director Steve Lancaster, have led a successful MBO of the specialist SIPP and SSAS provider.  

The UK’s high earners are facing a retirement shock as less than a third are on track for a financially comfortable time when they retire, according to new research.