Qrops

Products | 12 Oct 12

MC Trustees, one of the first two companies to launch a QROP scheme in Malta after HM Revenue & Customs recognised the country as a jurisdiction to which UK pensions could be transferred in 2009, has temporarily stopped taking new applications.

Asia | 5 Oct 12

Swiss-based FEIFA member Forth Capital has appointed RDR qualified Graham Brown as managing director to establish an Asia operation out of Hong Kong before the end of this year.

Retirement | 2 Sep 12

Gibraltar has issued a statement saying that its pension fund administrators have been given the green light in writing by HM Revenue & Customs to resume handling qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes.

Retirement | 21 Aug 12

A warning has been issued by the UK’s Financial Services Authority over a firm which it said claims to offer specialist advice on QROPS, despite being unregulated to do so.

Retirement | 9 Aug 12

An overseas pension provider is warning advisers to be wary of potential abuses of the QNUPS regime, as the pension schemes become more prevalent in the international and UK-domestic market.