As indicated in last week’s Newsletter, we will be running a series of webinars, starting late October, that will provide detailed explanation of the new rules around Pension Transfer Advice and how firms can satisfy these.
There will be three webinars, each lasting around 20-30 minutes, as follows:
- Part one
Overview of the rule changes
Contingent charging ban - Part two
Filtering
Information / Education (‘Triage’)
Abridged Advice - Part three
Considering the Workplace Pension option
Other rule changes
Abridged advice – how is it going so far?
Alistair MacDougall Compliance 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, abridged, Drawdown, FCA, Pension, Pension Transfer, PI, transfer
Based on data and live visits to firms during the period from April 2015 to rule changes in 2018 and 2020, the FCA believed that far too high a proportion of clients were being recommended to transfer safeguarded benefits. This was predicated on the longstanding rule which stated: “… a firm should start by assuming […]