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Utmost fined nearly £2m for its sins of the last 10 years.
Angie Brooks is right to point out that governance matters and it matters for Utmost whether it happens to its UK bulk purchase business or its offshore investment bonds. Utmost was the Equitable and is now owned by US … Continue reading
STORE FIRST SFO FRAUD PROSECUTIONS
Angie Brooks has been working on the principals in this financial fiasco. Here they are and below the diagram her estimation of who was and who wasn’t in court to face the force of the law. Pension money is meant … Continue reading
Angie Brooks subs for Margaret Snowdon @PP coffee morning -10.30 am
Margaret Snowdon has had a family bereavement and cannot make this morning’s coffee morning, we wish her well at a troubling time. Angela Brooks has agreed , at the shortest of notice, to step into Margaret’s shoes and talk with … Continue reading
Compassion for the pension liberated
We have two strong women to thank for today’s news; Jo Cumbo and Margaret Snowden. I could add other strong women who have stood up and fought for themselves having been scammed – Sue Flood and Manita Khuller , … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Angie Brooks, josephine cumbo, Lesley Titcomb, Margaret Snowden, pension, Pension Liberation, Sue Flood
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The abuse of “platforms”; the distribution of pension scams abroad
Platforms can also be turned against the consumer, offer advisers huge commissions and legitimize the products of the morally bankrupt who set out to steal people’s money through scams. Continue reading
British criminals, British victims, British pensions – why must justice come from Spain?
I should’t be having to post about this court case in Spain. This court case would have been avoided if those responsible for the victimisation of savers had been summarily dealt with by the criminal courts many years ago. It … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, pensions
Tagged Andy Agethangelou, Angie Brooks, Continental Wealth Management, scams, TTF
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The wheels of the law turn (too) slowly
@henryhtapper @NJM71 @mk14steve @RedCircleFP @RAF_IFA Back in Jan ’18, 4 pension scammers were ordered to pay back millions they stole from hundreds of victims. And now 9 months later these crooks have been banned from acting as trustees. NINE MONTHS! … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Blogging, Brexit, pensions
Tagged Angie Brooks, blogging, bloom, pensions, TPR
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A master class in fractional scamming
We get the financial services we deserve – and we deserve better than this; something has to change. Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Angie Brooks, Blackmore, FCA, Fractional scams, John Ferguson, Jon Doglas, pensions, You and Yours
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Honest endeavour stops scammers in their tracks.
Darren Reynolds and his firm Active Wealth have been restrained by the FCA from carrying out pension transfer business for the foreseeable future. Active Wealth’s business plan was to take leads generated by Celtic Wealth through promotions such as the notorious … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Al Rush, Angie Brooks, FT adviser, Hughes v Royal London, new model adviser, Pension Life, pensions
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Ever wondered where those “pension leads” come from?
Many financial advisers buy “pension leads”. These are hot prospects keen to take action to change their financial circumstances. Many of these leads are legitimately sourced, but many aren’t. If you spend time on Linked in or Twitter or Facebook, … Continue reading