Pension Transfers

Is your IFA a snake in the grass?

An elderly lady consulted Hollingsworth International Financial Services in Malta about her life savings in 2011. She told Hollingsworth’s employee Paul Tilbrook she wanted her funds invested safely and cautiously. Her savings amounted to over £400,000 and she wanted to move them to a safe pair of hands to make sure her capital was protected. The adviser promised her that her money would not only be protected, but that it would be “actively managed” to ensure diversity and growth. In reality something very different happened.

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STM Fidecs' Alan Kentish and David Easton avoided the humiliation of a public court appearance and will now be letting Deloitte inspect their dirty books.

STM FIDEC’S VARIOUS NEFARIOUS BOOKS

STM Fidecs has played its “get out of jail free” card, avoided January’s court hearing and agreed to “cooperate” with the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC)  – allowing auditors Deloitte to probe STM’s dirty books. I was more than a little miffed because I was looking forward to a nice day out in Gibraltar.  I

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Edward Troup HMRC’S Role in Six-Year Pension Liberation Fraud

Edward Troup                                                                                                                                                                    11th March 2016 Chief Executive’s Office HM Revenue & Customs 100 Parliament Street London SW1A 2BQ   Dear Mr. Troup HMRC’S ROLE IN SIX-YEAR PENSION LIBERATION FRAUD Congratulations on your appointment as head of HMRC.  I am sure you will have a great deal of work on your plate cleaning up the

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HMRC Pension Loan Wolf

HMRC Pension LOAN WOLF   I am writing to explain the rather confusing “assessment” and “further assessment” appeal situation in relation to HMRC’s “pension loan wolf” situation.  Although this is specifically aimed at the Ark case, it will also apply in most – if not all – other cases.   In a nutshell, the assessments

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Pension Transfer decision from Ceding Provider to Pensions Ombudsman to the High Court

Pension Transfers are the cornerstone of pension scams.  We expect to be looked after by the law, the large financial institutions and the government institutions such as ombudsmen but when they disagree our best interests often form the debris of the squabble. If you have saved for a pension, worked for years and years earnestly

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