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Commentators, regulators and even the industry itself have all struggled to split the SIPP market into neatly labelled boxes to highlight the wide range of products under the SIPP moniker.
In his latest blog for Sipps Professional, Mike Morrison, head of platform technical at AJ Bell, tells readers what is on his mind this month, including how pensions simplification is perhaps not what it was supposed to be. 
Calls for a return of the "permitted investment list" for self-invested pensions (SIPPs, SSASs and QROPSs) continue.
To buy or not to buy? That is the question!
We start 2014 knowing that the Pensions Regulator will be looking to improve governance in small trust-based DC schemes following the publication of Code of Practice 13 in November.
Writing this blog on the last day of 2013 provides an ideal opportunity to reflect on what happened to the Sipp market during 2013 – and to look forward to 2014.
I started working with Sipps at the very beginning of their existence in 1989 when the then Chancellor introduced a measure to allow people to take more control over the management of their pension scheme, writes AJ Bell's Mike Morrison in his first blog for Sipps Professional.
So my first month away from AMPS in six years and I was suffering from cold turkey when I saw the release of new guidance by the FCA together with the announcement of a third thematic review.
"Oh no, here we go again!" is a message I can hear reverberating around the board rooms of Sipp operators following the FCA's announcement that hot on the heels of its new guide for Sipp operators they plan  another thematic review.
According to a recent survey conducted by Liberty SIPP almost two-thirds of financial advisers believe that high levels of service are the most important factor when selecting a Sipp provider.
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