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What is the difference between a SIPP and a SSAS pension?

A SIPP is a personal pension scheme usually set up by a pension provider or specialist. It is more restrictive than a SSAS because the providers don’t allow more entrepreneurial investments.
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Comparing SIPP and SSAS

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SIPP

A SIPP or “self invested personal pension” is a type of individual personal pension, most commonly based around contract law.  They are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA).

The FCA stipulate that you must never be fully in control of your own SIPP scheme and by law, the professional Trustee must be, meaning that the eventual say over investments, retirement options and how you leave your scheme as a legacy is largely down to them.

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SSAS

A SSAS is a type of occupational pension is based on a Trust Deed and law.

Unlike with a SIPP, you are both a Member of a SSAS and a Trustee, which puts you firmly in the driving seat of your pension and therefore in complete control, and able to make decisions about all aspects of investment choice, retirement options and how you pass on your pension as a legacy

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