Bamford: consolidate pensions in a Sipp

09:30 | 31 Oct 2008

Clients can more easily monitor and control a range of pensions by transferring them all into a Sipp, says Informed Choice joint managing director.

Sipps holders eye property bargains, says Castlegate

09:30 | 01 Oct 2008 | By Maryrose Fison

Clients are increasingly looking to transfer protected rights into Sipps to buy commercial property, says Castlegate Financial Management.

Pensions 'B-Day' has arrived with protected rights rule change

07:00 | 01 Oct 2008 | By Edward Lander

From today investors will be able to transfer their protected rights funds into any Sipp scheme.

FSA sets guidelines on protected rights transfer advice

00:01 | 30 Sep 2008 | By Richard Harris

Firms advising on contracting out into Sipps and transferring protected rights must clearly demonstrate the benefit to clients with a projected retirement income comparison, according to the updated FSA Handbook.

Beware compensation gap in protected rights, says AWD Chase de Vere

00:01 | 25 Sep 2008 | By Maryrose Fison

New regulations will allow protected rights to be transferred into Sipps from 1 October, but AWD Chase de Vere warns a gap in financial services compensation regulations could leave savers exposed to losses.

Friends to open Sipp option to 600,000 GPP members

00:01 | 25 Sep 2008 | By Maryrose Fison

Expected demand for product prompts move to provide access to stocks and shares, AIM equities and collective investments within three weeks.

Protected rights: Portals seek client postcodes

09:30 | 24 Sep 2008 | By Edward Lander, Maryrose Fison

Assureweb and the Exchange want address data from advisers before providing annuity quote following recent changes to pricing systems.

Protected rights: Transfer-in charges to hit Sipps

09:30 | 24 Sep 2008 | By Maryrose Fison

Clients may need to reconsider moving their protected rights into a Sipp as industry insiders say they will be hit by fees.

Protected rights: Providers must upgrade systems

00:01 | 24 Sep 2008 | By Edward Lander, Maryrose Fison

Pension companies may find it difficult to separately identify protected and non-protected rights, says Merchant Investors.

Imago provides protected rights transfer illustrations

13:20 | 05 Sep 2008 | By Daniel Grote

Dunstan Thomas has made improvements to its Imago pensions administration software to provide illustrations of protected rights transfers ahead of legislative changes that will allow transfers to Sipps next month.

Bamford warns on protected rights transfers

09:30 | 04 Sep 2008 | By Edward Lander

Informed Choice managing director warns advisers not to assume that protected rights funds should be transferred into a Sipp when regulations are relaxed.

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