Whether you’ve committed to yearly, 6-monthly, quarterly or whatever frequency of review, it is vitally important that you can demonstrate an audit trail of meeting the service levels agreed with the customer.
There are growing concerns in the industry that some advisers are not delivering the ongoing service as agreed or are providing a bare minimum service for disproportionate fees.
It is vitally important that you can demonstrate adequate servicing in accordance with the service standards agreed. Integral to this requirement is a good quality and comprehensive Review Report.
ATEB suitability incorporates review capabilities and, if you have not already done so, we would encourage you to investigate and develop review reports using the system.
Pension transfer advice – assessing transfer risk
Alistair MacDougall Compliance 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, DBAAT, Drawdown, FCA, Pension, Pension Transfer, PI, transfer
It has been well publicised that the FCA has aimed increasingly close scrutiny in the direction of firms that have been providing advice in relation to defined benefit pension transfers. Apparently caught off guard by the then Chancellor’s introduction in the Pension Schemes Act 2015 of what are generally called ‘pension freedoms’, the regulator has […]