Useful Information
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Association of British Insurers (ABI) | A UK insurance trade association. |
| Confederation of British Industry (CBI) | One of the UK's leading independent employers' organisation. |
| Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) | The Government Department responsible for work and pensions promotes opportunity and independence for all through modern, customer-focused services – and helps people to achieve their potential through employment, to provide for their children and to work and save for secure retirement. |
| Financial Ombudsman | The independent service for settling disputes between businesses providing financial services and their customers. |
| Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) | A financial compensation scheme in the event of the failure of authorised firms. Covers insurance companies, deposit-takers and investment firms. |
| Financial Services Authority (FSA) | Regulator of all providers of financial services in the UK. |
| HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) | Includes information about the UK's customs and tax department and includes the prototype on-line VAT returns system. |
| Money Made Clear | Set up by the Financial Services Authority to provide impartial information from the Financial Services Authority - no selling, no jargon, just the facts. |
| National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) | Represents the interests of the occupational pensions movement, organises conferences and training programs for members. |
| Pension Protection Fund (PPF) | Established to pay compensation to members of eligible defined benefit pension schemes, when there is a qualifying insolvency event in relation to the employer and where there are insufficient assets in the pension scheme to cover Pension Protection Fund levels of compensation. |
| Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) | An independent non-profit organisation that provides free information, advice and guidance on the whole spectrum of pensions, including state, company, personal and stakeholder schemes. |
| Pensions Ombudsman | Investigates and decides complaints and disputes about the way that pension schemes are run. |
| Pensions Management Institute (PMI) | The professional body for those working in the field of pensions and employee benefits. |
| Pensions Regulator (tPR) | Supervises the pension industry and employers who administer pension schemes. |
| The Pensions Service | A part of the Department for Work and Pensions. |
| Raising Standards of Pensions Administration (RSPA) | RSPA's objective is the advancement of knowledge and learning in respect of pensions administration, in particular through the creation and maintenance of a collection of guidance notes, case studies, tools and checklists, with the aim of improving the standard of service delivered to members of pension arrangements in the UK. |
| Raising Standards of Trustee Education (RSTE) | The RSTE campaign seeks to source and compile information and guidelines appropriate to trustees of all UK pension schemes and make it publicly available. |
| Society of Pensions Consultants (SPC) | The representative body for a wide range of providers of advice and services to work-based pension schemes and to their sponsors |
| Unbiased.co.uk | Find local Independent Financial Advisers in your area easily here. |
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