Pensions Awareness Week 2020
Today is Pensions Awareness Day. Throughout Pensions Awareness Week (14-18 September), a series of webinars, videos and other useful resources will be shared to raise awareness of pensions.
Anthony Arter, Pensions Ombudsman said:
“This is a fantastic opportunity for people to learn more about their pension and to help them plan for their retirement.
Pensions can be confusing. The resources available during Pensions Awareness Week can help people to get a clearer understanding of their financial position and the options available to them. It is also vital that they are ‘scams aware’ and access proper help and guidance if they are thinking about transferring their lifetime pension savings.”
Follow us on Twitter where we will be sharing a number of resources throughout the week.
Related news
- TPO sets out its position on trustees’ obligations when considering a member’s request to exercise a pre-2021 statutory transfer right from an occupational pension scheme.Date:The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) has published a Determination concerning a pension scheme member (Mr D) who transferred from the British Steel Pension Scheme (the Scheme) to a small self-administered pension scheme in 2014. Mr D complained, some years later, that although this was in accordance with his wishes at the time, the transferring trustee (the Trustee) failed to carry out sufficient due diligence to check for scam warning signs, and then communicate the presence of those warning signs to him. As a result, Mr D claimed he had lost valuable retirement benefits.
- Deborah Evans, Chair, reflects on her first month at TPODate:In her first blog, Deborah Evans, TPO’s newly appointed Chair, sets out her thoughts on joining the organisation at such a pivotal time.