Alexander Peter Wealth Management: any comments?
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I would recommend NOT using offshore - you are not protected!!
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Honestly, unless there is some sort of burning hurry / retirement imperative, I would wait until such time as a Canadian scheme re-appears which is recognised under ROPS. I am surprised that Canadian providers have taken this long personally!
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You are not protected by the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme but you would be protected by the compensation scheme for the country where you invest, this is how it works internationally. Like the ones in Jersey and Malta as examples. Canada is not the be all and end all of pension fund management either. Ask the 16,000 ex-Sears employees.
https://www.gov.je/industry/finance/...ges/index.aspx
https://www.compensationschemes.org.mt/
https://www.gov.je/industry/finance/...ges/index.aspx
https://www.compensationschemes.org.mt/
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Re: Alexander Peter Wealth Management: any comments?
You are not protected by the UK Financial Services Compensation Scheme but you would be protected by the compensation scheme for the country where you invest, this is how it works internationally. Like the ones in Jersey and Malta as examples. Canada is not the be all and end all of pension fund management either. Ask the 16,000 ex-Sears employees.
https://www.gov.je/industry/finance/...ges/index.aspx
https://www.compensationschemes.org.mt/
https://www.gov.je/industry/finance/...ges/index.aspx
https://www.compensationschemes.org.mt/
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Deposit protection schemes apply to cash deposits only which would not be the case in the OP's pension fund. With shares, or shares in a fund, the investor's deposit is retained by the company those shares are invested in. If the financial services company goes bust, the shares shall ultimately be returned to the investor by the administrator of the financial services company that has gone out of business. Shares are one of the safest forms of investment. The only way you will lose your money is if the company those shares are invested in goes out of business. That is why many tend to spread their wealth in the form of mutual funds and exchange traded funds.
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Mate, Canada is a joke when it comes to protecting the client. I recently did an in depth insurance analysis for a client and the required.... I repeat required... paperwork took me 5 minutes. In the UK I would have had to do research, present that and a rationale for my final recommendation. By that I mean provider and contract. I did it anyway and it is on file to be challenged if necessary but the moral of the story is the same: Canada is a *****ing joke when it comes to protection for the client and it really p*sses me off.
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The high standards in the UK have come about from decades of chicanery... Canada is yet to get there but, maybe by the time I retire, it will be at the high level the UK was when I left a few years ago. From my own perspective, I have done the research, documented it and created my own reasons why letter so that, when the inevitable retrospective class actions / complaints come (as they did in the UK) it will be clear that I acted for the client in every way.
What p*sses me off, as mentioned above, is that I see Canadians getting mullered by so called advisers and planners here, and trusting them. They don't know what they don't know but, my goodness, are they getting shafted. Takes a very long time to educate people but I have had the great pleasure of seeing the penny drop. Rant over.
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Thought I would have a look at their website.
I cannot get it to work alexanderpeter.com - alexanderpeter Resources and Information. - Perhaps an issue from my end or is it down?
I cannot get it to work alexanderpeter.com - alexanderpeter Resources and Information. - Perhaps an issue from my end or is it down?
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Thought I would have a look at their website.
I cannot get it to work alexanderpeter.com - alexanderpeter Resources and Information. - Perhaps an issue from my end or is it down?
I cannot get it to work alexanderpeter.com - alexanderpeter Resources and Information. - Perhaps an issue from my end or is it down?
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alexanderpeter.com
"This Domain Name Has Expired - Renewal Instructions."
When I checked the 'down right now' website.. this is what came up:"This Domain Name Has Expired - Renewal Instructions."
Alexanderpeter.com is PARKED
The website is either expired or listed for sale...
Barge Pole... anyone !
The website is either expired or listed for sale...
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Not sure what the issue was because it seems to be working fine now.
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This might be of interest - not suggesting them, they came up in a google search.. https://www.myexpatsipp.com/mesinsig...n-uk-residents
You might also want to read the pro's and con's of investing in a SIPP: https://axis-finance.com/international-sipps/
You might also want to read the pro's and con's of investing in a SIPP: https://axis-finance.com/international-sipps/
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AGAIN I am not suggesting nor recommending either of them for investment purposes.. quite the opposite !!!
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I wasn't suggesting anyone should use them.. the links were posted for information about SIPPS as Expats, generally - and the 2nd one in particular had some helpful PRO's and CON's of investing in SIPPS.
AGAIN I am not suggesting nor recommending either of them for investment purposes.. quite the opposite !!!
AGAIN I am not suggesting nor recommending either of them for investment purposes.. quite the opposite !!!