What are digitally encrypted signatures, and how do they impact the pension transfer process?
Cyber-security is a significant concern for all of us. Every day, reputable organisations attempt to take all reasonable steps to protect their confidential data and that of their customers. Encrypted signatures are one simple but powerful tool in [...]
Helping you reunite with your long-lost UK pension scheme (Pt 2)
What to do if you contracted out of SERPS In Part 1 of Helping you reunite with your long-lost UK pension scheme, we shared some general advice about how to trace "lost" or "forgotten" workplace and personal pension [...]
Helping you reunite with your long-lost UK pension scheme (Pt 1)
In 2016, the UK's Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) launched its online Pension Tracing Service "to help people more easily and quickly locate their lost pension savings". At that time, the DWP reported "an estimated £400 million [...]
Considering UK to New Zealand pension transfers, what’s the significance of the number four?
Franklin D Roosevelt declared that everyone in the world should be entitled to four fundamental freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. Our solar system has four gas giant or ice [...]
What is a ‘normal retirement age’, and how could it affect a UK to NZ pension transfer?
When it comes to pension transfers, there's a lot of talk about timing. You'll often hear people speak about the "four-year window", generally considered the optimum time to complete a transfer from the UK to NZ. (In case [...]
Is there such a thing as a free UK to NZ pension transfer?
Who first said, 'There's no such thing as a free lunch'? According to the Ruskin Museum in Coniston, Cumbria, John Ruskin was "one of the great visionaries of the 19th Century". Their website explains that he was "a [...]
Supporting Pet Refuge’s life-changing and life-saving work
GBPensions is now a Major Donor to Pet Refuge NZ, helping pets and their families escape domestic violence. When GBPensions was considering to which good cause we should commit our ongoing support, we were immediately drawn to Pet Refuge. [...]
Extra peace of mind for clients GBPensions’ Tony Chamberlain is now an Associate Business and Tax Adviser (ABTA) with the Accountants & Tax Agents Institute of NZ GalleryExtra peace of mind for clients GBPensions’ Tony Chamberlain is now an Associate Business and Tax Adviser (ABTA) with the Accountants & Tax Agents Institute of NZ
Extra peace of mind for clients GBPensions’ Tony Chamberlain is now an Associate Business and Tax Adviser (ABTA) with the Accountants & Tax Agents Institute of NZ
The Accountants and Tax Agents Institute of NZ (ATAINZ) is an incorporated society that aims to be the voice of small to medium businesses (SMEs) in New Zealand. All ATAINZ members promise to professionally, ethically, and willingly look [...]
Tackling the logistical challenges of a worldwide pandemic
To overcome the ongoing unpredictability of the global postal service, GBPensions has set up a postal drop-box and telephone service in the UK, specifically to handle UK correspondence. Although much of the financial industry has embraced the numerous [...]
GBPensions: one of the first and the few
The world of financial legislation seems to be a constantly changing landscape. This year, on 15 March, the Financial Advisers Act 2008 was officially repealed, and a new regime began. From that date, all financial advisers (e.g., mortgage [...]
Helping members of the New Zealand Business Women’s Network (NZBWN) understand their pension transfer options
In late January, GBPensions' director Tony Chamberlain was delighted to take part in a webinar for the UK-based NZBWN, as part of the Masterclass series hosted by Halo Financial Services. Pre-registrations beat all previous records, which perhaps demonstrates [...]
COVID-19 update from Tony Chamberlain, GBPensions’ director
Minimising disruption; protecting you and our team. In these very challenging times, GBPensions would like to reassure you that we are doing all we can to keep everything running as smoothly as possible. Our business is equipped so that [...]