PASA is discrediting occupational pension schemes. On the 28 January 2016, PASA (Pension Administration Standards Association) issued a press release. They were pleased to announce that they wished to award Royal Mail with their accredited standard. Basically meaning that PASA considered Royal Mail, as a trustee for thousands of pensions, to be worthy of PASA’s
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3 Watchwords used by Pension Scammers VISIT PENSION-LIFE.COM Pension Scammers ACA Pension Life Chairman Angie Brooks was recently quoted as revealing the top words used by pension scammers:
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Parliament debated the WASPI issue at the beginning of 2016. The culmination of months of hard work by the WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaigners finally arrived on 7th January 2016. Mhairi Black (SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South) asked the Government to introduce “transitional arrangements” to help the hundreds of thousands of
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The well-written and informative epistles by Frances Coppola, Henry Tapper, Joan Bakewell, Paul Lewis etc., remind me of the tale of the five blind men and the elephant: “Five blind men stood in a ring around an elephant, and were asked to describe it. Each in turn reached out and touched the animal and
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Now that the Ark scheme accounts are audited and published on the Dalriada website, I have summarised them below and also attached the summarised spreadsheet separately. You can view each individual scheme’s accounts for yourself here: http://dalriadatrustees.co.uk/ark/ The most notable features are: 1. HMRC have issued demands on the scheme itself in the form of a
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Your Christmas Pension Wish List! Dear Ros, Seasons greetings. We thought you might like to see what are the items, we at Pension Life, would like for this Christmas and the New Year. No.1 We would like to see that HMRC implement a thorough Due Diligence strategy. No.2 At Pension Life we feel that the
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Pension Life Wish List: make a wish; make a list: make a pension wish list! Pension Life is still dealing with so many victims of scams and scammers. None of the Pension Life wishes published in December 2015 have come true. In the intervening two years, thousands more people have lost part or all of
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On a rainy Tuesday, we wiggled our way round the back of Westminster Cathedral to the DWP which houses Pensions Minister Ros Altmann and also Work and Pensions minister Iain Duncan-Smith. As it turned out, it also housed a security guard called “Babs”. We were a trio from Ark Class Action which represents victims of
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Email to Michael Bridges, Compliance, HMRC from Angie Brooks, ARK Class Action – re pension liberation loans. 11 November 2015 Dear Mr. Bridges, Re: Pension Liberation “Loans” Thank you for calling me yesterday and for discussing the various aspects of the pension transfers and “loans”. Some important points arose from our discussion, and I
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Pension liberation fraud costs victims £millions every year. It ruins lives and causes desperate poverty in retirement. But the situation is made far worse because the State has badly miscalculated how much it will cost to support these victims for the rest of their lives. The amount of tax actually collected will be far outstripped
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LETTER TO PRUDENTIAL’S CHAIRMAN RE TRANSFERS TO PENSION SCAMS Dear Mr. Manduca As you are the Chairman of Prudential, and in light of the recent POS determination in respect of a Capita Oak victim’s transfer out of Prudential and in to a scheme which was clearly a pension liberation scam, I feel it is important
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Capita Oak pension scam: Imperial accounts 23.1.15 Ark Class Action 24 Calle Cuatro Esquinas, Lanjaron 18420, Granada, Spain angiebrooks@pension-life.com angiebrooks99@gmail.com 0034674746663 (mobile) 0034858995645 (landline) www.pension-life.com Roger Chant, Director – Imperial Trustee Services Ltd.
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toCapita Oak pension scam: hundreds search for pensions they transferred after cold calls. In a special You and Yours, we investigate a web of companies that sold millions of pounds of pension investments to hundreds of people – and has left many of them desperately trying to find out where their money has gone. Click
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For the benefit of all 300 odd members of Capita Oak, here is an email that was sent today to Downs & Co, the accountants acting on behalf of Christopher Payne, the director of the trustees Imperial. This email has been circulated to many Capita Oak members and other interested parties such as the police
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BBC Inside Out investigates a new cold-calling practice involving pension liberation fraud which is taking place across England. Click here to watch video Pension liberation fraud has been reported widely in the press, on t.v. and on radio for several years. The Inside Out documentary showed how easily victims are scammed by the teams of
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Ark Pension Disaster – The Times Article – Mark Atherton Uncovers Pension Liberation Scam Money Pension scam leaves victims in debt Angie Brooks is leading a campaign to secure justice for victims of a pensions “liberation” scam Pic: Richard Pohle Mark Atherton Last updated at 12:01 AM, September 13 2014 Thousands of people have lost
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Dear Sam and James It was a surprise to find that AES have decided to conduct the business of determining PPS’ and AES’ negligence and liabilities regarding Ark on Facebook. I would have thought that Stephen Ward’s email of 18.7.14 could have been dealt with in a more dignified and professional manner – and kept
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ARK DISASTER – MARAZION/EVERGREEN PENSION LOAN SCHEMES: TIME-LINE ARK CLASS ACTION An Ark victim has suggested it would be a good idea to do a full update so everybody knows the entire story so far. I agree that’s a good idea so here is a brief outline of where we are and how we got
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ARK PENSIONS DISASTER CLASS ACTION – MISSION STATEMENT For members of the Ark Pensions schemes and any other similar schemes involving MPVA (Maximising Pension Value Arrangements) or PRP (Pension Reciprocation Payments) or Pension Liberation (releasing a proportion of your pension before the age of 55). THE MISSION: There are a number of challenges facing the
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Need a bigger ark for the Ark Pension Disaster… Mark Atherton of The Times wrote: We have tried to establish who should take responsibility for the financial disaster which befell investors in the Ark pensions “liberation” schemes. They were suspended in May 2011, leaving hundreds of investors facing ruin after being hit with a punitive 55
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The Ark pension victims – 486 in total – now face repayment of the “tax free” lump sums which are classed as loans. They also face 110% tax on the loans, even if they are paid back.
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