What is the difference between advice, information only and a personal recommendation?
Amongst other things the Finalised Guidance document FG15_1 ‘Retail investment advice: Clarifying the boundaries and exploring the barriers to market development’ looked to explain the differences.
Steve Bailey (ATEB director) recently undertook a critical and detailed examination of the paper for an article compiled for Adviser Business Review.
The article can be accessed here.
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It’s an important read. Firms looking at developing other distribution channels will need to be very careful in their approach. Innovation can create some excellent customer outcomes with the right level of investment and expertise, but beware, because there are some banana skins.
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Pension Transfers – considering a workplace pension
Alistair MacDougall Compliance Defined Benefit, FCA, Pension, Pension Transfer, PI, Switch, transfer
We recently reviewed a pension transfer report where the client was recommended to transfer out of the defined benefit scheme into the client’s pre-existing SIPP. We considered that the recommendation to transfer appeared to be appropriate. However, the client had what the FCA calls an ‘available qualifying scheme’, more commonly referred to as a […]