FSCS hits pension advisers with £20m interim levy

Jenna Towler
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The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has slapped a £20m interim levy on life and pensions intermediaries as it deals with "bad" self-invested personal pension (SIPP) advice.

The compensation scheme said mounting costs and the volume of claims relating to bad advice to transfer funds from existing pension schemes into SIPPs was behind the interim levy. A note to the ...

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