Monthly Archives: May 2012

Could new SIPP rules be on their way? The FSA have given their biggest indication yet that they will not ban – de-facto – certain types of esoteric investments that can, at present, be held in a SIPP. Keeping faith with the idea that these are, indeed, Self Invested PP and therefore self-determined! There does seem to be some confusion, however, as to what an esoteric investment is – just because something is branded as esoteric it does not necessarily mean that it is a UCIS – although the point made about potential risk, opaqueness and governance aspects are often true… continue reading