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Suffolk Life, based in Ipswich, Suffolk, is a British pensions administrator. It mainly provides the administration of self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs), and personal pensions for private funds and self-invested funds of third party providers. Suffolk Life is a non-advice pension provider and is well known for its commercial property investment expertise. The company came under Legal & General ownership in 2008,〔(Legal & General buy Suffolk Life )〕 but maintains its independent name and branding. Legal & General is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. == History == Suffolk Life was established in 1971 by a group of solicitors, with the aim of allowing commercial property to be purchased using pension funds. The business was founded by Alan Catchpole, and then taken over by his son, Henry Catchpole, who held the role of Managing Director from 1997 until 2010.〔(Henry Catchpole steps down )〕 One of the company's early focuses was SSAS (Small Self Administered Scheme) administration, however in 2006 Suffolk Life sold this book of business to Mattioli Woods,〔(Suffolk Life sells SSAS business )〕 a specialist pensions consultancy, to focus on the administration of self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs). Suffolk Life's first SIPP product (The Suffolk Life SIPP), launched in 1996, was written as an insurance contract by Suffolk Life Annuities Limited, an insurance company within the Suffolk Life group. In 2007 The Suffolk Life SIPP closed to new business. Suffolk Life launched a new product, the MasterSIPP〔(Suffolk Life launches the MasterSIPP )〕 - a self-invested personal pension allowing more flexibility concerning the self-investment of protected rights. 2010 saw the introduction of the SimSIPP - a product aimed at those investors and advisers who would deal solely with one investment manager. They currently have partnerships with several investment managers. Suffolk Life introduced the SmartSIPP〔(Suffolk Life launches SmartSIPP product )〕 in 2011 - a platform-based self-invested personal pension (SIPP) allowing access to funds within selected platforms and a stockbroker. Suffolk Life provides third-party administration services for self-invested pensions for the following: * Aviva〔(Aviva/Norwich Union with Suffolk Life )〕 * Clerical Medical〔(Clerical Medical with Suffolk Life )〕 * Prudential plc Suffolk Life and Cofunds launched the Cofunds Pension Account〔(Cofunds Pension Account with Suffolk Life )〕 in March 2010, a pension plan provided by Suffolk Life offering advisers and investors access to investments on the Cofunds platform. In 2008, Suffolk Life came under ownership of the Legal & General Group.〔(Legal & General to buy Suffolk Life )〕 On 21 November 2012, Suffolk Life announced they were acquiring a book of business from Pointon York,〔(Suffolk Life acquiring Pointon York business )〕 following a closure of one of Pointon York's schemes. This brought 1,700 investors to Suffolk Life's existing business. Following this in May 2013, Suffolk Life acquired Origen Investment Services and Pearson Jones Plc's SIPP books, bringing over 700 new SIPPs to Suffolk Life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Suffolk Life」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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