As responsible organisers, the health and well being of all those who attend the AMPS Seminars is our priority. We will respond to ...
Following on from the consultation relating to the transposition of the Fifth Money Laundering Directive into national law last year, ...
Member firms operating SIPPs will by now have received a further data request from the FCA on non-standard investments. AMPS was ...
The draft agenda and booking link has been uploaded to the AMPS library for the forthcoming May event or agenda only can be viewed ...
AMPS is aware that the Personal Finance Society (PFS) has contacted its members about the increasing issues stemming from a hardening PII market and AMPS wishes to share this with our members.
Retirement Outcomes Review AMPS has been having continued dialogue with FCA regarding the definition of a non-advised consumer and ...
The AMPS committee has continued to debate with the FCA some of the requirements arising out of the retirement outcomes review and they have provided the following comment.
Please find below details of recent regulatory activity.
The new 5MLD rules were published at the end of December, however they did not include any elements of TRS. HM Trusts are due to start the technical consultation for trusts later this month, with the intention that legislation will be implemented later this year.
Member firms, particularly platforms, may be interested in this policy statement which deals with the transfer of assets between platforms. This is not specific to pension assets but all assets that a platform might have control over including those sitting in an ISA or GIA. The paper may be of interest in helping to understand what the FCA is seeking to achieve in terms of improving how assets are transferred and the speed at which they are transferred between providers.
FCA would welcome contact from firms in regards to their recently issued Call for Input on Open Finance
The FCA issued the policy statement response to consultation CP19/15 on 17th December 2019. Their rules are as consulted on with ...
The 2025 Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday 4th November 2025 at IET Savoy Place. The conference will take place in the Turing Lecture Theatre and AMPS will be using the Maxwell Library for catering and exhibitors. This is ... Read More
At AMPS, we expect our members to conduct their business with utmost good faith, integrity and professional competence, being mindful of the well-being of their clients at all times.
The Pensions Industry Stakeholder Forum was recently attended by the AMPS committee and the subject of solar panels and their connection to SIPPs and SSASs as Tangible Moveable Property was once again discussed. HMRC commented in the meeting that they have not said...