The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has declared 45 firms in default between May and October including two signifcant SIPP providers and dozens of financial advice firms.
SIPP pioneer Geoffrey Pointon has died at the age of 82 from Coronavirus, according to reports in his local newspaper the Rutland and Stamford Mercury.
Fast growing Sipp and SSAS provider Curtis Banks is considering axing its Market Harborough office, acquired when the firm bought Pointon York's Sipp business.
A Sipps firm’s compliance manager has become a golfing champion.
Expanding Sipp provider Curtis Bank has acquired rival Pointon York's Sipp business for an undisclosed sum.
A Sipp provider has echoed concerns about how the new free and impartial pension advice announced in the Budget will work.
Pointon York SIPP Solutions Limited has reported a 30 per cent increase in advisers placing business with them following the introduction of RDR.
Pointon York is holding an investment planning and pensions seminar on 26 September.
Sipp and SSAS provider Westerby Trustee Services has welcomed three new staff members to its team.
Sipp provider Pointon York has appointed Ian Bell as executive chairman of Pointon York Sipp Solutions.