Examples of Pension Transfer in a sentence
IFM ceased providing advice to BSPS customers in December 2017 and, following intervention from the Authority, agreed to cease providing Pension Transfer advice altogether.
The Authority considers it appropriate to infer from the prevalence of information gaps within the sample of 18 customer files that for a significant proportion of IFM’s other Pension Transfer customers during the Relevant Period, IFM did not obtain the information necessary to make a Personal Recommendation.
In all six files where unsuitable Pension Transfer Advice was given, IFM failed to demonstrate that maximising flexible benefits was in the customer’s best interests.
Despite the risk posed by the significant increase in Pension Transfer advice, Mr Hofstetter took no steps to increase the frequency or rigour of its existing oversight mechanisms.
Notwithstanding FCA guidance which created a presumption against advising a customer to transfer out of their DBPS, 261 out of 307 (85%), of its Pension Transfer customers were advised by IFM to transfer.
Mr Hofstetter was not a qualified Pension Transfer Specialist, which meant that he could not assess the suitability of advice, but Mr Hofstetter failed to undertake any kind of meaningful check on the advice given by Mr Cobill.
Mr B was one of four BSPS Pension Transfer customers seen by IFM during a single day, on 19 October 2017.
This included establishing and maintaining adequate policies and procedures sufficient to ensure the Firm’s compliance with its obligations under the regulatory system, including compliance with Pension Transfer rules.
She was not specifically required by IFM to review the suitability of advice provided and was not, as far as Mr Hofstetter was aware, a Pension Transfer Specialist.
The increased volume of Pension Transfer advice inevitably meant a significant increase in workload for everyone involved in giving that advice.