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Cost and value of advice in Port Talbot
Al Rush and I drove down to Wales yesterday and spent a day in the Taibach Rugby club at the invitation of the moderators of the BSPS Facebook groups. Good chatting with steelworkers in Taibach. Met up with a schoolmate … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged advice, BSPS, CETV, financial advice, independent financial advice, pensions, Port Talbot, Taibach
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Practical help for practical people- what we hope to do for BSPS members.
What Al Rush and I are up to I’ll be taking up to a week off over the next fortnight – partly because I have to and partly because I relish the opportunity of scooting around the country doing what … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, BSPS, pensions
Tagged BSPS, BSPS2, Facebook, pensions, Port Talbot, ppf, tata, Tata steel
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Do you want to advise BSPS members in their “time to choose”?
This blog is for financial advisers, though anyone, including BSPS members, may find it useful. Financial advisers are urgently required by these members who are in their “time to choose”. There are two self-help groups for BSPS members. One is for all … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, BSPS, pensions
Tagged BSPS, financial advice, pensions, Quietroom, Time to Choose, transfers
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“A decision to take a transfer cannot be reversed and should not be rushed”
This blog is mainly written for deferred members of the British Steel Pension Scheme, but many other people may find it interesting. There’s no doubt that what is going on in Tata-land, will go on with other employers who feel … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, Bankers, Change, drawdown, Facebook, pensions
Tagged advice, Al Rush, BSPS, CETV, Drawdown, Facebook, pensions, Time, transfer-value, TUC
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So what makes you so special?
It’s a tough question in any walk of life. There is always someone who will answer that question because they are, but most of us will find ourselves out when answering it. We’re not – and if we were all … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, BSPS, pensions
Tagged Behavioural economics, BSPS, lady lucy, pensions, special, tata
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The”great Pension cash-in” needs a check out.
Jo Cumbo’s article on the “Great Pensions Cash-in” has been given promoted to the FT’s “Big Read” – so it should be. It’s a fine piece of work and it has a brilliant opening which I will quote because many … Continue reading
The legitimate concerns of BSPS members
‘ From the little time I have spent talking online with BSPS members, I have been impressed with the matter of fact way they are dealing with the choices presented to them. Here is a case study of the complexity faced … Continue reading
There are no rats and the ship is not sinking (a message for BSPS members)
Thanks to the moderators of the BSPS Facebook groups for access and to the poll’s author for permission to publish. This is a very worrying post from a BSPS member. The poll is recent and is the only data I … Continue reading
Time-bound decisions; the tough choices facing BSPS members
Supporting the Steel Workers in their decision making Over the weekend I was asked to join two important Facebook Groups, one is for those still working at Tata and the other for former employees, what links them is that both … Continue reading
BSPS2 – a superior kind of lifeboat?
The news that members of the British Steel Pension Scheme will have the choice between swapping their pension rights for participation in the Pension Protection Fund of a new Pension Scheme (code-named BSPS2) has been well flagged. It might seem … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged BSPS, BSPS2, CETV, Pensions Regulator, ppf, tata, TPR, trustees
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