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Tag Archives: scams
Shining light on Pension Scams
Key findings: 1. Information on scams is not readily available at an organisational level 2. The Scams Code is seen as a good basis for due diligence 3. Significant time and effort goes into protecting members from scams 4. The … Continue reading
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“Focused, faster and more frequent” – tPR unmasks “Friendly” Pensions.
When the Pensions Regulator launched its corporate plan in April of last year, I wasn’t the only person to be a little sceptical. “Intervening more frequently and acting quicker?” – the proof is in the pudding and the pudding had … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged Friendly Pensions, pensions, scams, Spain, The Pensions Regulator, TPR
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Who need’s a factory gate when there’s google
Update***** Update****Update***** Update*****Update*****Update The ad below appeared this morning as the top Google Ad on the search “Carillion pensions”. I asked the FCA and tPR to ask for it to be taken down shortly after and it has been taken … Continue reading
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Tagged BSPS, Carillion, Google, Port Talbot, Scammers, scams
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TPAS offer BSPS a dedicated helpline. Don’t leave your choice to chance!
If you are a steelworker , you now have help on your pension options from TPAS. This is great news. As from this morning, members of BSPS, can call experienced pension people who can discuss the scheme with the experience … Continue reading
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A day with Dalriada
Dalriada are a firm of pension trustees who divide their business into “Regular” and “Irregular” business. Brian Spence who runs the business was prepared to talk to me about “Irregular business”. Members of, and employers participating in, the NOW … Continue reading
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Tagged ARK, brian spence, CETV, Dalriada, pensions, Port Talbot, scams
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Doing our own laundry.
Travelling across south London on a bus, early on a Sunday morning, I can talk to and listen to people who I don’t come across at work. I ask a West Indian nurse what she thinks of her pension, at … Continue reading
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Restoring victim’s confidence in pensions
The confidence I have in pensions is because I know the people who are at the helm give a damn. I am lucky, I can bump into them in all kinds of ways. It is easy for me to say … Continue reading
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Posted in actuaries, advice gap, annuity, pensions
Tagged ARK, Cape Verde, dubai, Lesley Titcomb, Malta, pensions, scams, Spain
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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
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Pension scams; too little-too late?
News from the Serious Fraud Office that they are at last on to the gang of financial thugs behind Capita Oak and the network of related frauds, will come as scant comfort to those who have been robbed and … Continue reading
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Posted in pensions
Tagged Angie Brooks, Capita Oak, Pension Life, pensions, scams, SFO, TPR, Trafalgar
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Real money and real people need real regulation.
I am an admirer of Angie Brooks, though my opinion of her is not shared by Andrew Warwick- Thompson of the Pension Regulator. Angie and Andrew see pension scams in different ways. This evening I talked with Angie about … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Warwick-Thompson, Angie Brooks, Scam, scams, The Pensions Regulator, Titcomb
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