COB 5.9 Information about stakeholder pension schemes

This section applies to a firm that provides information about stakeholder pension schemes at a meeting arranged for a group of employees.

When a firm provides information about stakeholder pension schemes to a group of five or more employees at a meeting which has been sponsored by one or more employers, that information must be given by an adviser appointed by the firm to give advice to private customers on packaged products.

COB 5.9.2 R does not apply to a firm that provides information about stakeholderpension schemes to a group of four or less employees at a meeting.