A new law to ban pension cold calls must be prevented from having a “chink in the armour” by failing to include investments, a Chartered Financial Planner heading the campaign says.

An international advice firm has reported a 21 per cent hike in global enquiries about moving British pensions out of the UK since the Leave campaign was victorious in the EU referendum.

Brexit could spark an offshore pensions clampdown, a pensions firm believes.

Rathbone Unit Trust Management is to launch four offshore funds to provide Europe-based investors access to its funds for the first time.