Tag Archives: tata
TATA GPP – an investable option for BSPS members with a CETV.
I’ve received the following note from Aviva with regards the TATA group personal pension which has replaced BSPS as the corporately sponsored pension arrangement going forward. Thanks for your note below re the query you have received from a BSPS … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, de-risking, pensions, social media
Tagged Aviva, BSPS, CETV, GPP, tata
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“Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war”
One of the features of a close-knit community is that people talk to each other. For Steelworkers this has been at works and in clubs. Now the works and clubs of Port Talbot, Llanwern, Scunthorpe and Redcar have digital counterparts in the Facebook pages … Continue reading
Posted in BSPS, pensions
Tagged Al Rush, Aviva, BSPS, Port Talbot, Royal London, tata, Tax
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Someone else’s job.
I spoke with a nice fellow last week who had been selling his company’s wares to IFAs in South Wales. The talk at the meeting was all about what was going on with the steelworkers. The fellow came away with … Continue reading
Why are workplace pensions excluded from transfer advice?
NEST gets us thinking Gavin Perera-Betts work for NEST, he’s the chief customer officer – the person charged with helping people get the most out of their savings and he’s the author of NEST’s recent response to the Government’s Select Committee … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, BSPS, pensions
Tagged BSPS, CETV, Gavin Perera-Betts, NEST, pensions, tata, TPAS, TPR
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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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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
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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