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Pensions introducer made huge commission as investors lost retirement savings, FCA claims

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Published on: 22 January 2020
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Law360, London: A pensions ‘introducer’ promised consumers unrealistic sky-high returns if they invested their retirement savings into risky overseas investments and reaped huge commission fees as the projects failed, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) argued in the High Court on 21 January 2020.

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