We wrote about the background to updated redress guidance following the Chancellor’s announcement of changes to the way that the Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation measure is calculated from 2030. You can read that article here.
The FCA’s transfer redress guidance has now been duly updated and can be accessed here. The changes affect all redress calculations since 25 November 2020, even where those have been agreed and settled with clients. Calculations will need to be redone if necessary and any additional redress due will need to be paid.
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 […]