The FCA website notes the following regarding TailorMade Independent Ltd:
“The former director of advisory firm TailorMade Independent Ltd (TMI), has been banned from senior positions in financial services and fined £165,900 by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The FCA found Mr Robert Shaw failed to ensure that TMI assessed the suitability of investments made through Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs) for its customers, and failed to ensure that TMI identified and managed its conflicts of interests.”
This was mis-selling on a huge scale – some 1661 clients, with £112.4 million invested in SIPPs, a large proportion of which was invested in overseas property, through Harlequin.
By not giving advice on the underlying investment, just the SIPP wrapper itself, the firm was a long way short of the quality of advice required.
The firm itself is now in liquidation, however claims can still be made with the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, allowing customers to potentially recover at least some of their lost investment.
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