The FCA has revealed plans for changes on DB transfer advice this morning, including scrapping guidance that the adviser should start from the assumption that a transfer will be unsuitable.

Pension experts, including the former Pensions Minister have backed the scrapping of ‘outdated’ guidance on DB transfers, saying that change was “long overdue” and the regulatory framework was “past its sell-by date”.

The FCA has revealed plans for changes on DB transfer advice this morning, including scrapping guidance that the adviser should start from the assumption that a transfer will be unsuitable.

Fraudsters have been using a 'cloned' Blackrock Asset Management website to try to cheat investors, the FCA has warned.

About seven in ten advisers refuse insistent DB clients if their advice is not to transfer, a survey indicates.

Half of advisers use contingent charging for DB transfers, a report published this morning suggested, as an ex-FCA specialist urged the sector to ditch the method.

Businesses have been warned they could face “criminal consequences” if they carry out activities covered by MiFiD II but fail to obtain the necessary permissions.

An FCA probe into DB pension transfer advice may involve 50-100 firms.

The FCA’s expectations on DB transfers need to be clarified to avoid the risk of the market failing, a veteran pensions expert says.

The ombudsman has ruled against an advisory firm over a Sipp transfer for which the introducer was unregulated, despite “limited evidence” it was providing advice.