Sipps

Best Practice | 31 Jan 18

More than half of the complaints around self-invested personal pension schemes (Sipps) passed to a financial ombudsman were upheld during the three months to 31 December 2017, making it one of most upheld areas of complaint.

Best Practice | 25 Jan 18

The Pensions Ombudsman has not upheld a complaint from a client and ex financial adviser accusing AJ Bell of poor service, negligence, maladministration and misconduct, which saw the investment firm take the “unprecedented decision” to end its relationship with him.

Best Practice | 24 Oct 17

The UK Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has upheld half of the complaints it received about self-invested personal pension schemes (Sipps) so far in 2017/18.

Industry | 5 Oct 17

Guernsey-based platform Momentum Wealth International has partnered with two well-established expat-focused pension providers, Edinburgh-based Forthplus and the unrelated, multi-jurisdictional Momentum Pensions to give a worldwide push for customised versions of their self-invested personal pension schemes.

Industry | 20 Sep 17

Edinburgh-headquartered private bank Hampden & Co has started lending to self-invested personal pension schemes (Sipps) as part of its offering to advisers.