Archive for the ‘Pansion’ Category

PENSIONS MIS-SELLING

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

How much sales commission is reasonable? This was a fundamental question during the pensions mis-selling scandal. Worse: are the best and most suitable investment products being sold? There has been a really damaging fall-out from the case in the UK of mis-selling pensions. About 1.1 million people were wrongly advised to ...

Pension affected by the current crisis

Monday, November 10th, 2008

Just because the stock market is reeling doesn't mean that employers can slash retirees’ pension or take it away. The size of a pension check is based on the number of years employees worked and their salary. Once vested, employers must pay employees the pension they've earned. Pension managers generally invest ...