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Optimum Capital referred to TPR over breach of fiduciary duties


By Jack Gray

Optimum Capital has been referred to The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and ordered to pay the complainant £2,000 by The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO), after it breached its fiduciary duties. The complainant, ‘Mr E’, referred Optimum to TPO after it failed to act on his pension transfer request


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