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Transparency Task Force publishes FCA 'wish list'
Transparency Task Force publishes FCA 'wish list'

TTF wants greater consumer protection

  • Law and Regulation
  • 13 October 2020
Transparency Task Force publishes open letter to PM following meeting on pension scams
Transparency Task Force publishes open letter to PM following meeting on pension scams

The Transparency Task Force (TTF) has published an open letter to prime minister Boris Johnson asking him to take a personal interest in pension scam problems and push for legislative flexibilities for scam victims.

  • Regulation
  • 29 September 2020
Regulators have not yet got to grips with how to close down crooks, warns TTF
Regulators have not yet got to grips with how to close down crooks, warns TTF

The Transparency Task Force (TTF) has questioned whether the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is “fit for purpose” following years of concern relating to the manner in which it exercises its investigative powers.

  • Regulation
  • 03 September 2020
WPC confirms inquiry into impact of freedoms; Scams to top extensive agenda
WPC confirms inquiry into impact of freedoms; Scams to top extensive agenda

Pensions scams will be the key focus in the first part of a Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) inquiry reviewing the impact of the introduction of pension freedoms five years on.

  • Regulation
  • 28 July 2020
WPC chairman to seek transfer pause where scams suspected
WPC chairman to seek transfer pause where scams suspected

Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) chairman Stephen Timms will table an amendment to the Pension Schemes Bill to allow schemes to pause transfers when a scam is suspected.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 26 June 2020
Parliamentary group launches to step up action on pension scams
Parliamentary group launches to step up action on pension scams

The new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pension Scams has had its inaugural meeting in parliament to outline its priorities for boosting public awareness around scam risks.

  • Regulation
  • 17 March 2020
Transparency failings blamed on 'operationally inefficient' industry
Transparency failings blamed on 'operationally inefficient' industry

The WPC's cost and transparency inquiry reveals it is impossible to know exactly how much consumers and trustees are paying in charges. Victoria Ticha takes a closer look

  • Law and Regulation
  • 10 September 2018
Transparency Task Force names John Howard as advisory board chairman
Transparency Task Force names John Howard as advisory board chairman

John Howard has been appointed founding chairman of the Transparency Task Force's (TTF) newly-formed advisory board.

  • Appointments
  • 08 August 2018
CMA report 'pragmatic and realistic' while mandatory tendering 'will bring better value'
CMA report 'pragmatic and realistic' while mandatory tendering 'will bring better value'

Proposals for mandatory tendering of fiduciary management services, as well as additional guidance for trustees, have been welcomed by industry commentators albeit with some caution.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 18 July 2018
Transparency Task Force calls for IA's Cummings to apologise over 'offensive' Loch Ness fees comments
Transparency Task Force calls for IA's Cummings to apologise over 'offensive' Loch Ness fees comments

Gina Miller and others deserve ‘apology…public recognition and thanks’

  • Investment
  • 26 January 2018
How DC fund charges will become more transparent
How DC fund charges will become more transparent

From 3 January next year, firms looking after DC members' money will need to comply with new disclosure requirements. James Phillips reports.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 20 September 2017
Lack of transparency in pension fund investments will 'lead to civil unrest'
Lack of transparency in pension fund investments will 'lead to civil unrest'

The combination of lack of trust, poor transparency, and inadequate retirement funds will cause "civil unrest" in the next few decades, Andy Agathangelou warns.

  • Industry
  • 13 September 2017
Transparency Task Force to audit financial sector's codes of conduct
Transparency Task Force to audit financial sector's codes of conduct

The Transparency Task Force (TTF) has launched an independent audit of over 50 professional bodies' codes of conduct in order to understand efforts being made to improve professional standards.

  • Industry
  • 05 September 2017
Transparency Task Force seeks 'progressive' asset managers
Transparency Task Force seeks 'progressive' asset managers

The Transparency Task Force (TTF) has launched a team to highlight what it recognises as "progressive" active managers (PAMs), who drive good practice in the industry.

  • Investment
  • 07 July 2017
IA advisory board member takes aim at trade body's transparency plans
IA advisory board member takes aim at trade body's transparency plans

Andy Agathangelou has expressed concern the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) could allow the Investment Association (IA) to write its own cost disclosure rules.

  • Investment
  • 19 May 2017
Time for change on fees
Time for change on fees

An LCP report shows current fund charging strategies do not serve schemes well. Helen Morrissey looks at the issue

  • Investment
  • 13 April 2017
TTF calls on MPs to launch costs inquiry
TTF calls on MPs to launch costs inquiry

Members of the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) have been urged to set up a broad inquiry into hidden costs and charges faced by pension schemes.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 13 January 2017
Government to implement FCA's cost transparency proposals
Government to implement FCA's cost transparency proposals

Pensions minister Richard Harrington has said the government will work with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to improve transparency of pension costs.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 10 January 2017
MPs urged to probe costs and charges
MPs urged to probe costs and charges

The Transparency Taskforce (TTF) has called on the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) to establish an inquiry into costs and charges for savers.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 13 October 2016
Transparency Task Force founder launches technology group
Transparency Task Force founder launches technology group

A collaborative group aimed at helping the industry adapt to technological change has been established by the Transparency Task Force (TTF) founding chairman, (pictured above) Andy Agathangelou.

  • Industry
  • 03 October 2016
Industry calls for scrapping of asset manager bonuses
Industry calls for scrapping of asset manager bonuses

Industry officials have called for asset manager reward systems to be axed in favour of higher flat salaries, in order to discourage short-termism.

  • Investment
  • 23 August 2016
Hidden fees are the 'Loch Ness Monster of investments', says IA
Hidden fees are the 'Loch Ness Monster of investments', says IA

There is “zero evidence” to support the “hidden fees hysteria” that unknown costs are damaging pension funds, the Investment Association (IA) has argued.

  • Investment
  • 09 August 2016
Agathangelou leaves CIPP and Friends of Auto Enrolment
Agathangelou leaves CIPP and Friends of Auto Enrolment

Andy Agathangelou has left the Friends of Auto Enrolment (FAE) two and half years after founding the association for the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).

  • Industry
  • 08 August 2016
Fawcett defends secretive IA transparency board meetings
Fawcett defends secretive IA transparency board meetings

The chair of the Investment Association's (IA) advisory board into cost transparency has hit back at criticism over the decision to keep its discussions confidential.

  • Law and Regulation
  • 19 July 2016
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