Financial Services Compensation Scheme

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is considering changing the way consumer compensation limits are structured after some firms suggested insurance and investment limits should be aligned.

A guide has been launched to help trustees understand what protections are available for defined contribution (DC) assets by the Security of DC Assets working party.

Industry figures have established a group to help trustees understand their responsibilities towards the security of member assets in defined contribution (DC) schemes.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme has slapped a £20m interim levy on life and pensions intermediaries as it deals with "bad" self-invested personal pension (SIPP) advice.

Dr Nicholas Motson, a lecturer in finance at the Cass Business School, has called for greater disclosure of fund holdings to allow researchers to calculate retail funds' 'active share'.

Industry figures have called for regulatory intervention to solve the compensation gap for members within third-party life funds.

Jenna Towler investigates the opaque world of pension liberation and loans.