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COVID-19: Transfer your attention

26 May 202027 July 2020 / Charles Counsell OBE

COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges to trustees.

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We can protect savers by working together

15 April 202015 April 2020 / Charles Counsell OBE

protect-savers-blog-april-2020We’re all getting used to reduced freedom in the fight against COVID-19.

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COVID-19 has changed the world, not our focus on protecting savers

01 April 202001 April 2020 / David Fairs

april-protect-savers-blogIn my last blog, I said the world had changed with a move away from defined benefit (DB) pensions.

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2020 will be a year of positive change

10 February 2020 / Charles Counsell OBE

nullFrom fighting pension scams to tackling Environmental, Social, and Governance, 2020 will be another fast-moving year of change full of positive opportunities and challenges we must all strive to meet.

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PSIG needs you to help beat pension scams

06 February 202006 February 2020 / Margaret Snowdon OBE [guest blogger]

nullPension scams can happen to anyone, with scammers using sophisticated techniques to con people out of their hard-earned retirement cash.

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We back the ban – and advisers need to as well

16 January 2019 / Nicola Parish

scams-cold-call-jan-2019The pension cold calling ban is here. Consumers, regulators and police officers alike should celebrate.

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Trust at face value could wipe out your pension

03 May 2018 / Mike Broomfield

scam-blog-may-2018.jpgThe Facebook data scandal has got a lot of people thinking for the first time about what we share with organisations and how it will be used.

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Swift ban on pension calls will leave fraudsters in the cold

15 March 201815 March 2018 / Mike Broomfield

swift-ban-blog-2018You know you’re on the side of right when everyone agrees. It doesn’t happen often. But the government’s move for a swift ban on pension cold-calling is one of those times.

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Pension cold callers will be crooks soon but we should avoid them now

31 October 2017 / Anthony Raymond

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Next year threatens to be a chastening one for those making their fortune from pension scams – if we all do our bit.

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Pension scams are evolving

23 October 2017 / Michelle Cracknell [guest blogger]

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The theory of evolution states that evolution happens by natural selection.

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