Unite members employed by the financial regulator the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in London and Edinburgh have commenced an historic strike action today (Wednesday, May 4). This industrial…Read more…
Financial Conduct Authority staff vote to strike
Unite, the union representing staff at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has today (April 12) announced the result of the industrial action vote at the FCA. The ballot closed with over 75 per…Read more…
‘Fundamentally flawed’
Unite, the union representing staff at the Financial Conduct Authority has today (December 13) raised grave concerns about the City regulator’s pay and grading consultation, due to close in 7 days’…Read more…
If a Police Officer can have his pension scammed then is anyone safe under Tory “Pension freedoms” ?
Check out this BBC report about a serving Police Officer who was cheated out of his pension but managed to win £135,000 compensation from the Ombudsman for his fund’s failure to properly warn him about risks. The Police Officer had been “persuade…Read more…
Stop ripping us off: Financial Conduct Authority report on pension fund managers
Today Government regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a final report on the fund managers who manage our pensions and investment savings.
It is pretty damning.
My interpretation is that fund managers are making exce…Read more…
Governing pension schemes in the interests of members
There are basically two models of workplace pension. The traditional model is run by trustees, who have a legal duty to act solely in the interests of their members. In pensions jargon, these are known as occupational pensions, though I prefer to call …Read more…