Younger clients are demanding technological improvements from SIPP providers according to new research.

LV= has launched a trustee investment plan to make smoothed funds more accessible to SIPP and SSAS investors.

It seems as if the SIPP sector has been waiting for the judgments on a number of court cases in recent years. As we get clarity on one, we still await another and these can have implications for not only how a SIPP firm operates, but on advisers and their clients.

The High Court has ordered illegal pension introducers Avacade, Alexandra Associates and their directors to pay compensation to consumers.

Over 120,000 SIPP and SSAS savers may be owed compensation of up to £80,000 each due to errors in relation to property transfers, according to Cornerstone Tax.

The recent judgment in the HMRC v SIPPchoice case, published in May, was in relation to tax relief on in-specie contributions. This case has been ongoing for a number of years and it would appear that we finally have resolution.

New UK commercial property rules announced on Wednesday - making it easier to convert commercial properties into residential housing - could hit investors in commercial property using SIPPs and SSAS.

The Financial Ombudsman Service has reported a drop in the 'complaint upheld' rate for SIPPs from 61% in 2018/19 to 52% in 2019/20. 

As the UK moves into the 7th week of lockdown and the world has changed beyond all recognition, it has also been a time of reflection.

The FCA has reduced a £93,800 fine imposed on pension adviser Lloyd Pope, a former director of now dissolved firm TailorMade Independent Ltd, by approximately £70,000.