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The expected consolidation of providers in the SIPP market is being held up by fears over increased capital adequacy requirements, a provider has said.
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In this week's Retirement Planner quick fire poll we ask: Should capital adequacy requirements for SIPPs be increased?
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The trade body for independent advisers has called on the FSA to use the extra two years it has permitted for firms to meet its capital rules to reconsider their impact on small businesses.
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FSA chairman Lord Turner last night said the amount of high quality capital banks should hold as a risk buffer should be double the current requirement.
New EU rules on the solvency of workplace pensions could force some Defined Benefit (DB) schemes to close, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) warns.
Insurance intermediaries have come under fire from the FSA for having inadequate financial resources.
Axa is to end its enhanced annuity pilot due to concerns over Solvency II.
FSA plans requiring IFAs to hold capital of at least three months of their annual fixed expenditure risk the sustainability of the sector, warns the Association of Independent Financial Advisers (AIFA).
The FSA's proposed capital adequacy regime punishes firms which are attempting to move towards the post-RDR business model, according to the Institute of Financial Planning (IFP).
Critics of FSA proposals to up firms' capital adequacy requirements are calling on advisers to have their say after the regulator revealed it had so far received only a handful of responses to its plans.
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