SIPP provider Heritage Pensions Limited has gone into liquidation this week after a string of upheld claims against the firm.

The Financial Conduct Authority has placed a restriction on Bristol-based SIPP provider Hartley Pensions which prevents it from taking on new business.

Bestinvest, the D2C arm of Tilney Smith & Williamson, is to axe most ad hoc SIPP fees from 1 March as part of a wider shake-up of fees and services.

Martin Tilley, head of technical at Westbridge SSAS, has been appointed interim chair of The Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS).