Further to the chancellor’s Autumn Statement yesterday we are pleased to inform you the ATEB suitability system has been updated overnight:
– Updated ‘Glossary of Terms’ to reflect the new approach to Stamp Duty Land Tax and the revised rates/bands
– Updated ‘Glossary of Terms’ to include the changes to NISA legislation. More specifically; if an ISA saver in a marriage or civil partnership dies, their spouse or civil partner will inherit their ISA tax advantages.
We look forward to providing more information on further changes coming to the software soon.



Pension Transfer charging
Alistair MacDougall Compliance abridged, FCA, P1, Pension, Pension Transfer, PI, transfer
Policy Statement PS 20-06 stated that a firm providing pension transfer advice “… may also not charge less than it would charge for investment advice of the same value”. That seems clear enough, but the rule that gives effect to this statement is subtly different. COBS 19.1B.7 states: “A firm should not charge less […]