The British Steel Pension Scheme has been in the headlines a lot over the last few years, but the mis-selling scandal that engulfed it last year means it is likely to remain in the news for some time to come.
If you’ve heard the stories of SIPP mis-selling on the news, and you have invested your pension into a SIPP at one point in the last few years, you may be worried that you were mis-sold the investment. Or maybe you have seen the value of your pension fund wiped out because of a SIPP that hasn’t produced the expected (or promised) returns.
Automated investment services have been around for a while now. Many people use these services to invest their money, but a recent review by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) leaves a big question mark over the industry. In fact, there is potential that automated investment services have been involved in mis-selling.
You have probably heard about the various ongoing mis-selling scandals. With all the adverts, and news stories, it is hard to miss. But there is a scandal brewing that could end up on a scale as yet unseen – the SIPP mis-selling scandal.
Millions of people across the UK have been mis-sold their pensions, and are now receiving a lower retirement income than they’re entitled to.
When preparing for a meeting with your pension advisor, it’s easy to focus on the questions you want to ask them. However, it’s equally as important that they’re asking you the right questions too – to ensure they find the right pension product to meet your requirements.
The first major mis-sold pensions scandal took place in the late 1980s, and it continues to affect people to this day. Now we could be on the verge of another scandal of the same scope.
Were you mis-sold your pension? It can be difficult to tell, especially if your financial advisor didn’t do anything obviously wrong. However, if your current private pension isn’t offering as much income as you would have received from your old workplace pension, then you may have cause for complaint.
Just about any investment product can be mis-sold. The problems do not often lie with the product but instead with the explanations given at the time of purchase. Here are four of the most commonly mis-sold investment products.
In June 2017, the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority) published its proposals for changing the advice that individuals get from financial advisers on transferring their pension. In most cases, these transfers involved moving a pension from a defined benefit pension to a pension contribution scheme.
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