McDonald Associates Ltd is the Provider and Scheme Administrator for our ‘in house’ SIPP which is known as the MAP Pension Plan. As Scheme Administrator, McDonald Associates is authorised by the FCA to establish, operate and wind up of personal pension schemes. While authorised to control client money, McDonald Associates is not authorised to hold such funds on its own account. Any assets bought by the SIPP are legally owned by the co-trustees and any assets and funds are held subject to the trust deed and rules of the scheme.