IFAs avoid pension switching after 'heavy' FSA crackdown

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Nervous advisers are recommending clients stick with their existing pension arrangements, even where there is good reason to transfer, because of the FSA's "heavy-handed" crackdown on pension switching.

A number of concerned IFAs say the regulator’s efforts to protect consumers from unsuitable pension switches have, in some cases, proved counter-productive. A thematic review by the FSA in 2008 ...

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