Some 52% of red flags raised by schemes on suspected scam pension transfers involve advisers or unregulated introducers, a report by the Pension Scams Industry Group (PSIG) has claimed.
The Insolvency Service has disqualified four directors of trustee firms from running companies for a total of 34 years following an investigation.
The FSCS has cited the growing number of claims relating to defined benefit (DB) pension transfers as the main reason for the lifeboat scheme's levy for this year being a fifth higher than it forecast in January.
In her final editor's comment Helen Morrissey says the one constant in pensions has been change.