Sovereign Group companies

With its global office network, reputation for excellence in the administration of trust and company structures, and record of innovation and technical expertise, The Sovereign Group has developed into a market leader in the transfer and provision of pension schemes. Retirement planning is now a core product offering across the Group. Our proposition encompasses both personal and occupational schemes, and includes Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes (QROPS), Qualifying Non-UK Pension Schemes (QNUPS), International Pension Plans (IPPs), Corporate Pension Schemes, and now Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs). The Sovereign Group is the only trustee to offer six QROPS schemes across Gibraltar, Malta and the Isle of Man. These products offer a transparent and competitive charging structure and the option to switch seamlessly within the Sovereign QROPS range. In addition to product provision, Sovereign's services cover a broad spectrum including scheme administration, technical pensions knowledge, pensions transfer guidance, investment management, actuarial services, tax planning and wealth structuring. Sovereign has made substantial investment in its network, administration systems and infrastructure. Sovereign's pensions administration teams in Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Malta work together with dedicated relationship managers in key global hubs - including the Middle East, Far East, UK and South Africa - to ensure that service can be maintained to clients and introducers around the clock. This multi-jurisdictional capacity, combined with the technical knowledge provided by our in-house specialists and qualified actuaries, enables the Group to cater for any alterations to a member's situation over time, providing suitable options should residency and/or other circumstances change. Sovereign is authorised, wherever necessary, by financial regulators to conduct pensions business. It is also represented at committee level on pensions' industry bodies in all the jurisdictions in which it operates. From April 2016, Sovereign will be regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to provide SIPP business in the UK.