Pension Transfer Specialist – qualification deadline
FCA Policy Statement PS18/20 introduced a new requirement that all Pension Transfer Specialists (PTS) must hold the Level 4 qualification […]
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Pension transfer charging – avoiding misunderstanding
In any advice scenario, it is good practice to ensure that the client is clear about what service is to […]
What should a good pension transfer report look like?
ATEB has worked with many firms over the past few years in relation to defined benefit pension transfer advice. This […]
Notifying breaches of the Conduct Rules
Even with all the deferrals of deadlines around implementation of the SMCR as a result of COVID, firms should now […]
DB Advice – CPD correction
FT Adviser published an article on 21 September under the heading ‘How to advise on DB transfers’. We would like […]
Template Upgrades – Including Attitude to Investment Risk Section
We have completed the latest upgrade to ATEB Suitability on 20th September 2021. This update comes at no additional cost […]
Trust Registration Service – update
New rules, transposing the Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) into UK law took effect on 10 January 2020. One impact […]
The Avacade saga – a summary
Most readers will be aware of the FCA’s successful legal action in what has been widely referred to as the […]
Pension transfer advice – assessing transfer risk
It has been well publicised that the FCA has aimed increasingly close scrutiny in the direction of firms that have […]
DB Pension Transfers – some charging issues
The rules that came into effect in October 2020 arrived under a headline objective of ‘banning contingent charging’. Inevitably, the […]