Revealed: The Reward 300 2019 and Reward 300 Individual Awards winners
Ros won an award at Reward Strategy Magazine 10th Anniversary Award in the Reward300 Individual Award category Pension Professionals. ( link to pdf )
Absolute Return June 2019 Letter: The Cost Of Rising Populism
Ros’ views on the dangers of populism, QE and Brexit upheavals are highlighted in this interest piece in the Absolute Return Partners Newsletter – parallels with the past in gaps between rich and poor?
Experts split over Housing Minister’s pension plan
Financial Planning Today website highlights Ros’ views opposing the idea of using pension funds for young people’s homes, and another expert who is in favour of the possible policy. ( link to pdf )
D-Day hero must sell home to pay for care: Britain’s funding crisis scandal exposed
Ros wrote a Comment Piece in the Daily Express about the injustices of the UK social care system and the appalling treatment of a 94 year old veteran languishing in hospital.
Allowing the young to dip into their pensions to buy a house is a crazy idea
Ros’ views on the problems of allowing young people to take money from their pensions for a house deposit are highlighted in this Money Observer article. ( link to pdf )
James Brokenshire wants young people to spend their pension pots on housing deposits. This is why that’s a bad idea
inews carried Ros’ critique of proposals to allow young people to raid their pensions to buy their first home – warning of the dangers to both house prices and future pensioner poverty. ( link to pdf )
Ros Altmann appointed ambassador for financial services Transparency Task Force
Ros has been appointed as an Ambassador for the Transparency Task Force’s Global Financial Services Transparency Initiative. ( link to pdf )
Industry must do more to educate savers – Altmann
Ros calls for more to be done by the pensions industry to educate savers with simpler engaging language. ( link to pdf )
NHS pension scheme must ensure senior staff have independent financial advice to deal with tax issues – FTAdviser article. ( link to pdf )
I entrusted my pension to German builders
BBC You and Yours programme exposes pension scam relating to ‘too-good-to-be-true’ German property investments. Ros calls for Regulators to consider banning ban unregulated investments in SIPPS. ( link to pdf )