SIPP trustee and administration company Westerby Trustee Services has acquired fellow SIPP administrator CPPL.

SIPP provider Heritage Pensions Limited has gone into liquidation this week after a string of upheld claims against the firm.

The regulated financial market failed to protect the British Steel Pension Scheme members, according to a damning report from the National Audit Office (NAO) into the wave of bad advice given to BSPS members.

The FCA is to consult on allowing fund managers to ring-fence or 'side pocket' sanctioned Russian investments so the funds could continue to trade.

The latest data on pension transfers from pension firm XPS suggests a “significant increase” in the proportion showing signs of potential scam activity.