Pradeep Oliver, head of professional negligence at Neglect Assist, warns of a “huge danger” following sweeping changes to pensions regulations.
Oliver comments: “There’s a huge danger in that we now have a lot of people needing to make investment decisions who have never made them before.” And he adds: “Interest rates are low, and that opens the door to people selling exotic, riskier investments.”
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) said this week it paid out almost £20m in the past year over risky and illiquid investments within SIPPs, and expected claims to keep rising.
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Financial Times: “UK pensioners try to recoup losses from high-risk unregulated funds”
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