John Ferguson

International Adviser – Have I Got News For You!

International Adviser really can’t make up its mind whether it is organising a piss-up in a brewery, a news roundup carefully slewed in favour sponsors Old Mutual International, or a marketing machine.  I read with interest the recent  IA Industry Most Influential Top 100 described by IA thus: “we at International Adviser decided to shine a light […]

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AZURE PENSIONS – a reputation built on lack of trust

Integrated Capabilities – a Trust Company based in Malta have created their own Pension Scheme – Azure Pensions. On the face of it, however, the management team do not appear to have learned anything from their previous experience with Optimus Retirement Benefit Scheme No.1 and their association with David Vilka of Square Mile International Financial.  It

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Serious Violation of Investors’ Trust – by Investors Trust (life office)

Investors’ trust is what gets violated in so many cases by irresponsible and negligent insurance companies such as Old Mutual International, SEB, Generali, RL360, Friends Provident International – and, of course, the firm in the Cayman Islands: Investors Trust.  These companies – also known as “life offices” (although we prefer to call them “death offices”

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PHILLIP NUNN – SCAM OF THE YEAR – BLACKMORE GLOBAL

Phillip Nunn has been reported to Action Fraud – which John Ferguson of Square Mile Financial Services describes as being “nobody and with no authority” – on numerous occasions by victims of various scams. Phillip Nunn, cold caller and “fund manager” of the Blackmore Global investment scam, was given the Entrepreneur of the Year Award

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Andy Agathangelou, Chair of the Transparency Task Force

SCAMS AND SCANDALS SYMPOSIUM – TRANSPARENCY TASK FORCE 15.11.17

  SCAMS AND SCANDALS SYMPOSIUM – PART OF THE TRANSPARENCY TASK FORCE: WEDNESDAY 15TH NOVEMBER AT THE OFFICES OF IG GROUP, 12.30 TO 5PM Pension and investment scams and scandals are a blight on financial services and saving for retirement.  The energetic and inspired campaign by Darren Cooke of Red Circle successfully raised awareness of the

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Regulators in all jurisdictions must take action against scammers

REGULATORS AND SCAMMERS

Regulators and scammers; cops and robbers; cowboys and indians. Each has their role: cowboys fire their six shooters and dodge the injuns’ arrows valiantly; cops drive their police cars at breakneck speed to corner the robbers in a dark alley; regulators waggle their flaccid willies and watch the scammers walk all over them. In the

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GAMBLING WITH YOUR PENSION

Gambling is a very strictly controlled industry – and rightly so.  Every individual jurisdiction has its own gambling or casino licenses which are usually very expensive and onerous to obtain and keep.  Where large amounts of cash change hands every minute, it is obviously important to impose strict conditions and ensure that regulations are complied

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