United Kingdom
Best Practice | 18 Jul 17
Defined benefits solvency concerns driving clients into Sipps
Rising concern about the future viability of UK defined benefit (DB) pensions schemes is driving demand for transfers into self-invested personal pension plans (Sipps), according to research published Tuesday.
Investment | 18 Jul 17
IoM’s Quadris Environmental Fund declared in default
Isle of Man-based Quadris Environmental Fund has been declared in default by its American lender and had its bank accounts frozen, leaving around 1,200 investors fearing they will lose all or most of their investments.
Property back in the black, but have lessons been learnt?
Some 12 months on from the carnage open-ended property funds experienced in the wake of the Brexit vote, investors seem to be returning to the sector once more.
Best Practice | 18 Jul 17
Advisers at risk from ‘inappropriate’ DFM agreements
Thousands of financial advisers could fall foul of Mifid II for having the wrong type of intermediary agreement with their discretionary fund managers, the Personal Finance Society has warned.
Tax & Regulation | 17 Jul 17
FCA reveals 8 firms rapped for pension transfers last year
The Financial Conduct Authority has confirmed that it took action to stop eight UK firms, including deVere and Holborn, conducting and/or arranging overseas pension transfers in the last financial year but has declined to name them all.