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Pensions.... that's me well tucked up then...

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    Pensions.... that's me well tucked up then...

    National Mutual -> G.E. Pensions -> Swiss Re "Tomorrow" -> Windsor Life...

    Last statement from G.E. dated Jan 2007... £55k.

    Latest & first statement since then from Windsor Life £7.5k.

    Where the feck has my £48k gone then?

    Silly Question.

    It's bought some **** a Porsche.

    #2
    Ah, it was you that paid for it.

    Many thanks. It's a nice shiny red one too.
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      #3
      Wow!! That's even worse than Equitable Life with the help of Gordon Brown did to me.

      Just get a few cheapy buy-to-lets and you'll do fine. Forget pensions!!

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        #4
        Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
        National Mutual -> G.E. Pensions -> Swiss Re "Tomorrow" -> Windsor Life...

        Last statement from G.E. dated Jan 2007... £55k.

        Latest & first statement since then from Windsor Life £7.5k.

        Where the flip has my £48k gone then?

        Silly Question.

        It's bought some **** a Porsche.
        Have you asked? Is it an admin error? I see they have some PC issues - does Wilmslow work for them?

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          #5
          Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
          National Mutual -> G.E. Pensions -> Swiss Re "Tomorrow" -> Windsor Life...

          Last statement from G.E. dated Jan 2007... £55k.

          Latest & first statement since then from Windsor Life £7.5k.

          Where the flip has my £48k gone then?

          Silly Question.

          It's bought some **** a Porsche.
          I'd feel decidedly sick in your position.

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            #6
            Has to be an error surely. Or is it?

            http://www.pukiemon.com/pensions.htm
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              #7
              Thank Goodness Ive never paid into any pension fund whatsoever !

              I will adminster the lethal injection when Ive had enough - I'll even pay for the shot.

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                #8
                Originally posted by zeitghost
                I shall contribute no more... and I'm getting out of this tedious job for something more remunerative asap.
                But Zeity, you're our honorary contractor-who-is-really-a-permie.

                Surely you can't become a real one of us too?

                It's listening to your stories of providing lectures to empty rooms, watching you posting relentlessly to ContractorUK during lecture time and generally plodding through each day that provides stability to our lives.

                We all know that should, for some reason, we lose the will to continue with the ongoing fear of contract termination and skills redundancy, that we could always go into higher education and wile away the hours lusting after collleagues.

                If you go contract, what hope is there for us? (And it'll bugger up your post count!)
                My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
                  National Mutual -> G.E. Pensions -> Swiss Re "Tomorrow" -> Windsor Life...

                  Last statement from G.E. dated Jan 2007... £55k.

                  Latest & first statement since then from Windsor Life £7.5k.

                  Where the flip has my £48k gone then?

                  Silly Question.

                  It's bought some **** a Porsche.
                  did you invest in a fund that was risky? Leveraged far east fund or something..or maybe leveraged US real estate.

                  Pension "management" fees are normally around 1%, so would cost you £750 in that time.


                  Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
                  Dunno, xogg... it's confirmed my original prejudices against all pensions as legalised theft.

                  I shall contribute no more... and I'm getting out of this tedious job for something more remunerative asap.
                  How is it "confirmed"? Get a grip man!

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by zeitghost View Post
                    National Mutual -> G.E. Pensions -> Swiss Re "Tomorrow" -> Windsor Life...

                    Last statement from G.E. dated Jan 2007... £55k.

                    Latest & first statement since then from Windsor Life £7.5k.

                    Where the flip has my £48k gone then?

                    Silly Question.

                    It's bought some **** a Porsche.
                    If you'd been a public sector drone, it would have gone the other way ..
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