Martin Tilley discusses the importance of due diligence in both the SIPP and SSAS world
Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.
In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Are you seeing a rise of pension liberation/fraud cases via SSAS?
Tighter controls are needed to prevent SSAS being used as pension liberation vehicles.
The assets pension savers are allowed to invest in should be restricted and authorised, to avoid any further scandals like Harlequin, London & Colonial has warned.
In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Are SME owners 'risking' their pensions by using them to fund investments to bring capital to their firms?
In this week's quick fire poll we ask: Should the pensions market move towards offering fewer, large scale products to employers?
In this week's quick-fire Retirement Planner poll we ask: Should SSAS be regulated?
Wealth manager Mattioli Woods has acquired the pension administration business of Ashcourt Rowan in a deal which could be worth more than £1.3m.