Cold Calling
Best Practice | 10 Nov 17
UK Gov’t outlines cold calling ban timeline
The UK Government is committed to banning pension cold calling and will bring forward draft legislation for scrutiny to ban the practice in early 2018, a member of parliament (MP) has confirmed.
Pension cold calling ban one step closer
The UK’s House of Lords has demanded a ban on pension cold calling be included in the upcoming Financial Guidance and Claims Bill following revelations that cold calls have risen 180% in just 10 months.
Plague of scams prompts more warnings
The UK’s Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is the latest body to warn consumers that scammers are using its reputation in a bid to defraud them.
No cold calling ban but Finance Bill rolls out key reforms
The latest UK Finance Bill has not included a ban on pensions cold calling but has reduced the non-domicile threshold and implemented cuts to the money purchase annual and tax-free dividend allowances.
Best Practice | 5 Sep 17
Anti-scam warnings on fake pension websites tricking investors
Rogue pension websites are carrying anti-scam messages to try to trick UK consumers into believing that they are legitimate businesses, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has warned.