DB pensions
Best Practice | 17 Jul 17
Insistent clients piling the pressure on advisers
Clients with high transfer values for final salary schemes are piling the pressure on advisers when they disagree with their recommendations, research from Prudential has found.
Tax & Regulation | 14 Jul 17
FCA fines compliance officer for pension transfer failings
The UK watchdog has fined a compliance oversight officer after two companies he worked for gave unsuitable advice to around 500 customers who transferred £12.7m ($16.4m, €13.6m) out of their DB pension schemes.
Retirement | 23 Jun 17
Up to £50bn pulled from DB schemes in pension transfers
The amount of money being withdrawn through transfers from defined benefit (DB) pension schemes in the UK has reached a record £50bn since the pension freedoms came into force, according to new figures released by professional service group Mercer.
Best Practice | 21 Jun 17
FCA to overhaul pension transfer advice rules
Advice on pension transfers is to be provided as a personal recommendation and transfer value analysis replaced with a comparison to show the value of the benefits being given up under plans announced by the UK regulator on Wednesday.
Best Practice | 20 Jun 17
Fearful advisers face ‘information vacuum’ on pension transfers
Nearly all financial advisers disagree with the UK regulator’s pension transfer value analysis assumptions and are having to deal with an “information vacuum” from the UK regulator, according to veteran retirement expert Mike Morrison.