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Originally posted by tim123I am not prepared to buy (another) pension because they don't represent good vfm once the unnecessarily qualified salesperson has taken his slice. Put that money back into MY pension and I might be prepared to buy one
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Originally posted by threadedIt is complicated because the government have made it that way.
Part of the price is the people allowed to sell you pensions have to jump through a lot of qualification hoops and then the most difficult part is they have to be honest and able to sell, an extremely rare combination.
I am not prepared to buy (another) pension because they don't represent good vfm once the unnecessarily qualified salesperson has taken his slice. Put that money back into MY pension and I might be prepared to buy one
tim
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I would recommend the Motley Fool website as well. Their bulletin boards in particular can be extremely helpful and they tend to be kind to new posters.
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Originally posted by tim123I don't understand what it is that's supposed to be so complicated about pensions.
You put money aside every week and when you retire they pay it back to
you.
Why is this complicated. Why does it need a 100K pa man to sell it to you?
tim
Part of the price is the people allowed to sell you pensions have to jump through a lot of qualification hoops and then the most difficult part is they have to be honest and able to sell, an extremely rare combination.
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Originally posted by the guy with the bowtieI took upon researching the whole business myself and I was glad I did as it de-mystified the whole shooting match.
You put money aside every week and when you retire they pay it back to
you.
Why is this complicated. Why does it need a 100K pa man to sell it to you?
tim
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I have had similar experiences. However, it shouldn't be too surprising for us as IFAs are not in the business out of the goodness of their heart - they do need to make a living.
I took upon researching the whole business myself and I was glad I did as it de-mystified the whole shooting match.
A good site I would recommend is Motley Fool www.fool.co.uk. It is independent and gives good no nonsense advice presented in plain english.Last edited by the guy with the bowtie; 31 March 2006, 07:23.
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Anyone extremely happy with their IFA?
Hello all,
I have been going through a looong exercise lately in order to decide on my pension plan. I have spoken to a few IFAs (some of them from reputable firms) but i can not say i have found anyone yet that impressed me. Maybe it is just me of course...
The best one so far put me off a bit with his behaviour when he realised that i would shop around first and that i wouldn't take his opinion/offer immediately.
The guy i talked with today, for the second time, was promising and very qualified, working for a well known firm. However, half of the numbers in the illustration document he had prepared for me were wrong, plus at the end he tried to make me sign a document to pay for the work he had done so far for me, even if in his keyfacts doc it is mentioned that if he wants money, he needs to let me know about it before the meeting starts.
My current IFA (from whom i bought my PHI and life insurance) haven't bothered replying to my emails for 3 weeks now, so no more businesss for him from my side!
I could have gone for a plan online myself, i decided though that i would rather get some advice and maybe pay a bit more as it should worth it long term
So, if you are very happy with your IFA at the moment , could you please give me his coordinates? You could send me a private message if you do not want to post it in public
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