Retirement
Middle East | 21 Mar 17
Holborn Assets ordered to immediately cease pension transfers
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has ordered Holborn Assets Ltd to immediately cease all pension transfer business, particularly that introduced by overseas advisers.
Best Practice | 21 Mar 17
Gibraltar ‘in danger’ of losing Qrops status
Gibraltar must put in place a system for regulating personal pensions in just over two weeks to enable the jurisdiction’s Qrops to retain their status and continue to operate in the market.
Best Practice | 15 Mar 17
Why the new Qrops five-year circumstance change is critical
Many advisers woke up last Thursday morning aware their pipeline Qrops business had just been vastly reduced, says James Pearcy-Caldwell, co-founder of fee-based adviser Aisa International.
Retirement | 14 Mar 17
Scotland could become jurisdiction for ‘new type of Qrops’
An independent Scotland could be the base for a “new type of Qrops”, a leading law firm’s pensions expert has predicted.
DeVere’s Nigel Green to review Qrops unit in group restructure
DeVere Group chief executive Nigel Green has launched a strategic review of the company’s business which will factor in the surprise Spring Budget announcement of a 25% overseas pension transfer charge on Qrops plans in some markets and particular circumstances.