The Single Financial Guidance Body (SFGB) was created to take over the obligations previously provided by three organisations, namely …
- The Money Advice Service
- The Pensions Advisory Service
- Pension Wise
… bringing together for the first time the provision of debt advice, money guidance and pensions guidance.
Initially launched on 1 January 2019, the body will formally commence under its new name of the Money and Pensions Service (probably to be referred to as MAPS) from 6 April 2019.
Further information can be found on the (SFGB) website.
The MAPS website will be here and is due for launch by 6 April.



A closer look at FG 21/3 – finalised guidance on transfers
Alistair MacDougall Compliance FCA, Pension, Pension Transfer, PI, transfer
In our recent article giving an overview of Finalised Guidance (FG 21/3), we indicated that we would pick out a few of the more interesting snippets for a closer look. That is not to imply that the rest of the guidance is of no interest, just a reflection that much of the guidance is a […]