The Week in Numbers £40K – Amount lost by Yorsipp member who complained to the Pensions Ombudsman claiming due diligence failures. The complaint was thrown out last week. Up to 30% – Estimated hit to fund flows to pension providers if the Government radically reforms pension tax relief £20m – Level of redress Cash Genie has agreed to pay 92,000 customers following a deal with the FCA Five –…
The Week in Numbers – 30th July 186 – Visits made to Barclays by the FCA during 2014, according to a Freedom of Information request – the most of any British bank 145% – Jump in compensation paid relating to investment advisers in 2014/15, totalling £183m, according to the FSCS annual report £20bn – Savings Chancellor George Osborne is demanding of Government departments over the life of the new…
The Week in Numbers – Week beginning 22nd June £60K – Number of people who have accessed the pensions freedoms since they were introduced in April, Chancellor George Osbourne says £1bn – Amount of money savers have taken from their pension pots since April 4 – Number of providers removed from Intrinsic’s protection panel following a review. The Providers are Cirencester Friendly, LV=, Shepards Friendly and Zurich 3 –…
The Week in Numbers – Week beginning 15th June 10% – proportion of advice firms that disclose charges on their website based on a review of 50 firms by Candid Financial Advice £117m – Record fine imposed against Lloyds banking group for failing to handle PPI compliants properly 1,300 – Number of customers Friends Life wrote to last week to apologise for not being ableto offer full pensions flexibility £1m…
