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Tuesday, 25 June 2019 12:05
New TPR chief exec vows to deliver ‘robust protection’
The new chief executive of The Pensions Regulator (TPR), Charles Counsell has set out how he will lead the organisation and vowed ‘robust protection’ for savers.
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Wednesday, 08 May 2019 12:19
TPR slaps McDonald’s pension trustee with £103k fine
A corporate professional trustee firm has been fined £103,750 for breaching multiple areas of pension law.
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Thursday, 02 May 2019 11:24
FCA launches intergenerational finance discussion paper
The FCA has today published a discussion paper on intergenerational financial differences, exploring the changing financial needs of consumers from different age groups.
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Monday, 01 April 2019 11:46
900+ ambulance chasers enter FCA regulation today
The FCA began regulating the claims management industry from today.
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Tuesday, 19 March 2019 12:03
More than 600 ‘ambulance chasers’ register with FCA
The FCA has revealed more than 600 so-called ‘ambulance chaser’, or claims management companies (CMCs), have registered with the authority.
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Friday, 08 March 2019 12:30
FCA reveals final rules on financial services directory
The FCA has announced the final rules on the Directory - a new public register that enables consumers, firms and others to find information on key individuals working in financial services.
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Wednesday, 12 December 2018 10:30
Fergus McDiarmid: 1 year on from Revenue Scotland’s LBTT reversal
It is almost exactly one year since Revenue Scotland reversed its decision to levy Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) on in-specie transfers between SIPP or SSAS providers. The reversal followed almost two years of industry debates, and indeed efforts to have the original decision overturned.
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Thursday, 04 October 2018 12:50
Pension transfer advisers will need specialist qualification from 2020
The Financial Conduct Authority has today published final rules and guidance from its consultation on improving the quality of pension transfer advice.
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Monday, 30 July 2018 11:00
Guest column - Lee Halpin @sipp: Do investment pathways strengthen the case for CRPs?
At first glance, how the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) intends to improve retirement outcomes for non-advised consumers may appear of little relevance to advisers. And with no short supply of regulatory changes affecting their businesses’, many advisers might have concluded that the time spent reading CP18/17 was more a luxury than a necessity.
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Tuesday, 19 June 2018 12:57
Consumers to get new powers to influence pension schemes
For the first time pension scheme members will be given powers to hold their pension schemes to account over how social and environmental factors impact their investments.
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