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MiFID II and the challenges of providing aggregated costs and charges statements

Steve Bailey of ATEB Consulting looks at the rules around aggregated costs and charges arising from MiFID II.

What HMRC vs Staveley means for adviser clients

How HMRC will interpretation death benefits in respect of IHT where a pension transfer takes place, in the light of the recent ruling in Staveley vs HMRC

Unravelling FCA Policy Statement PS18/20 – Pensions Transfers

ATEB Consulting’s Steve Bailey looks at the key points in the FCA’s ‘Improving the quality of pension transfer advice’ paper

Are advisers overlooking a SSAS opportunity?

Clients dissatisfied with the running of their SSAS is an opportunity for advisers to help and thus build a valuable relationship with this group HNWs, says Matthew Storey, business development manager, Xafinity SIPP & SSAS

Dealing with new FCA rules on pension transfers, conversions and opt-outs

ATEB Consulting’s Steve Bailey looks at what is expected in respect of the FCA’s latest rules on pensions transfers effective this month.

When pension transfer triage becomes regulated advice

ATEB Consulting MD Steve Bailey looks at the practice of transfer triage and where it could cross into regulated advice from the FCA’s perspective

Firms with pension transfers permissions can expect to hear from the FCA

Risks brought in by pensions freedoms are under the FCA spotlight as the regulator carries out the final element of its four phase transfer advice supervisory project, says ATEB Consulting’s Steve Bailey

Pension switches: 4 essentials to stay compliant

ATEB Consulting’s Steve Bailey analyses a recent FOS case and the compliance issues it flagged around pension switches

Advising on DB transfers: the income sustainability hurdle

DB pension transfer advice has much in common with drawdown advice but with a fundamental difference, says Alastair Black, head of Financial Planning Propositions, Adviser & Wealth Management Propositions, Standard Life

Tangible Moveable Property – what you can and can’t hold in SIPPs

Geoff Buck of DP Pensions, explains the rules around Tangible Moveable Property and why SIPP operator’s err on the side of caution

Discrepancies in how HMRC deals with errors

You’d expect broad consistency in how HMRC allows errors to be fixed. Wouldn’t you? Gareth James, head of technical resources at AJ Bell, looks at the different handling of pensions and ISA errors