Tag Archives: FSCS
Blackmore Bond Holders will get FSCS claims paid – Carlier.
A background blog from 2022 is available here. How the FCA failed those sold Blackmore Bonds . It took strong campaigners to make a difference, congratulations who were strong and have. Paul Carlier is a strong advocate for transparency, fairness … Continue reading
Are insurance companies getting it easy when taking on our pensions?
Pensions Oldie argues that risk management in the pensions world is radically different to that in insurance. Responding to an article where insurers themselves complain about the arrival of short term private equity money he comments. I don’t have … Continue reading
The pension transfer mess: who pays and what’s paid?
There’s an irony to PAC’s assertions. It was extremely critical of the FCA in almost every aspect but never even questioned a key one: the FCA’s own assessment that transfers were very widely unsuitable at BSPS. This is now being … Continue reading
Transfer volumes fall, the FCA back in trouble and bears visit the woods
Yesterday was one of those days where various stories break together like rippling waves onto a calm beach. The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, having read the National Audit Offices report on the BSPS fiasco, has duly called … Continue reading
How a British Steel redress scheme might work.
Stuart Fowler has produced a counter-argument to that I put forward last week, it was published before my blog and I can’t say that my blog would have changed Stuart’s argument. I will ask Stuart for permission to publish it … Continue reading
Nick Smith MP is right – the British Steel pension transfers are a special case.
The overall uphold rate for all BSPS cases to the Financial Ombudsman Service is around 63% in favour of steelworkers, including complaints relating to administration or delays. This compares with an overall FOS uphold rate of 40% for all cases … Continue reading
All messed up and nowhere to go – DB transfer compensation
The FCA announced yesterday that it was writing to a further 950 DB pension advice customers potentially entitled to compensation. The FCA has now written to a total of 3,591 defined benefit (DB) pension transfer advice customers this year to tell them they may be entitled to compensation. And it … Continue reading
Moral hazard and the “compo culture”- must good pay for bad?
Blow to the trust in our profession. We could have organized to help people and divi the work for an industry wide agreed fixed fee on this. People matter. #financialplanning #values #trust https://t.co/wJghgWZEOe — Clémence Chatelin (@CChatelin) January 25, 2021 … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, CDC
Tagged Al Rush, BSPS, Compensation, FSCS, moral hazard, Pensions
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Now that’s what I call financial advice.
I’m quoting Al Rush from the Facebook post he made yesterday evening following the meetings of steelworkers with MPs and Regulators yesterday. Al’s message to the steelmen Sometimes, in my line of work, it can be dispiriting to work for … Continue reading
Posted in BSPS, pensions
Tagged Al Rush, BSPS, FSCS, IFA, pensions, Philippa Hann, Steel men
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It’s not just IFAs that should be livid!
Here is the note I wrote when I read New Model Advisers report On why FSCS cannot determine its current levy (uncertainty over Strand Capital) On why FSCS has to unravel its past compensation (uncertainty over Arch Cru) Today (Jan … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, FCA, governance, pensions
Tagged FCA, FSCS, Funds, Gallium, Ken Davey, Nescape, SIPP
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