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Liberty SIPP was yet another provider under fire for allowing investors to get into high-risk, unregulated investment schemes as part of their SIPP.
In 2018 it was reported that 500 cases were submitted to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) on behalf of clients who had lost money due to these high-risk investments.
In some of the FOS decisions the company were found to have breached its duty of care towards their clients. Not only for allowing clients to invest in the unsuitable and high-risk investments in their SIPPs, but also for accepting the business introduced by Avacade.
Many mis-selling cases involve Avacade – an unregulated introducer company – that reportedly cold called people to discuss transferring their pension, in this case, into investments with Liberty SIPP.
Avacade were involved in a high court case regarding their pension report service. They were highlighted by the FCA for making “misleading statements” and “carrying out regulated activity without the required authorisation or approval”
Liberty SIPP Ltd entered into administration in April 2020 and it’s believed this was due to the volume of complaints against the provider relating to SIPP mis-selling.
Update 26th Jan 2021 – The FSCS have completed their investigation and the firm has now been declared in default. This means potential claims for compensation will now be assessed by the FSCS.
Liberty sold its client bank to EBS Pensions, a subsidiary of the Embark group.
Whilst each case is individual, as mis-selling specialists we know to look for certain signs that in our experience indicate that mis-selling may have happened.
Our assessment is free and there’s absolutely no obligation to use our service if you have case.
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It is possible for you to present the claim for free, either to the firm or person against whom you wish to complain or to the statutory ombudsman (Financial Ombudsman Service or Pension Ombudsman Service) or the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, whichever is applicable to your claim.
We will not make or pursue a claim, or advise you to, if we know or have reasonable grounds to suspect that the claim does not have a good arguable basis, and or is fraudulent or frivolous.
