Mis-sold pensions & investments

Self Invested Personal Pensions

A Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) is a scheme that gives you a higher level of control over your own pension. This means you get access to more choices on where you can invest your retirement fund, allowing you to manage your own investments and savings, rather than relying on a pension company or fund manager. The appeal of such a scheme is clear, but the risks associated with it are sometimes not made obvious to investors.

Investments go down in value as well as up so you could get back less than you invest. SIPPs were created to give experienced investors the opportunity to take more risks, but the general public should not have been encouraged to do so.

Mis-sold SIPPS complaints

Mis-sold SIPPs have become the subject of an increasing number of complaints made to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

When it came to light that a large proportion of the UK public were offered the opportunity to invest with SIPPs, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) set aside millions of pounds to pay compensation to those who were mis-sold.

 

Examples of common SIPP investments include:

  • Forestry Schemes such as Ethical Forestry Ltd
  • Self-storage Pods
  • Overseas Real Estate
  • Green Energy Projects

 

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Do you think you’ve been mis-sold?

If you have invested your pension pot in a SIPP scheme and you’re now suffering as a result, or even if you haven’t yet lost money but suspect something isn’t quite right, check your situation against the following criteria to see if you’ve been mis-sold:

  • Pressure Selling
    Were you pressured into investing your pension into something you didn’t want or need?
  • Unsuitable Scheme
    Were you advised to transfer your existing private pension fund to a new, higher-return scheme even though it wasn’t suitable for your needs?
  • Unexplained Fees
    Were there any surprise fees or additional costs attached to the investment that you weren’t made aware of from the start?
  • Unexplained Risks
    Were there certain risks attached to your SIPP that you were not informed of when you agreed to invest?
  • Lost Investment
    Have you made significant losses as a result of any of the above issues?

If any or several of the above points sound familiar to you, get in touch with us today!

Common companies involved

Our solicitors are working with lots of people who’ve been mis-sold SIPPs or investments by the same companies.
If you’ve been advised by or invested in the following companies, you are likely to have been mis-sold and may be eligible for compensation.

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A self-invested personal pension (SIPP) is a scheme that gives you a higher level of control over your own pension. This means you get access to more choices on where you can invest your retirement fund, allowing you to manage your own investments and savings, rather than relying on a pension company or fund manager. The appeal of such a scheme is clear, but the risks associated with it are sometimes not made obvious to investors.

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Defined Benefit Transfers

A defined benefit (DB) pension, sometimes called a final salary pension, gives you a guaranteed lifetime income that usually increases each year to protect you against inflation. The amount you’re paid is based on how many years you’ve worked for your employer and the salary you’ve earned.

A SIPP allows you to move your money into investment schemes, allowing for more flexibility and potentially higher returns. However, any potential advantages of transferring out of a defined benefit pension scheme is often outweighed by the costs, risks and loss of benefits involved. A SIPP should only be considered by those who are experienced in investing and comfortable making important investment decisions.

It is important to remember that if you transfer out of a defined benefit pension, you cannot reverse it.

If you have transferred out of your DB pension, we may be able to help:

A self-invested personal pension (SIPP) is a scheme that gives you a higher level of control over your own pension. This means you get access to more choices on where you can invest your retirement fund, allowing you to manage your own investments and savings, rather than relying on a pension company or fund manager. The appeal of such a scheme is clear, but the risks associated with it are sometimes not made obvious to investors.