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Pension scammers screw up lives. With up to 5% of all transfers estimated to be scams, there are devastating financial and emotional consequences for scheme members.

Increases in the cost of living and times of economic uncertainty, will leave many more savers vulnerable to scammers seeking to exploit them.

But you can help. The industry is best placed to identify and stop potential scams and communicate the risks to scheme members. Find out more about developments in fighting fraud and the pension scams landscape.

Join our free webinar on 24 January to hear more about:

  • The Pension Scams Action Group, with news and updates from the taskforce
  • TPR spotlight on Enforcement
  • Updates from MoneyHelper
  • Updates from the Pension Scams Industry Group

Don’t miss the opportunity to ask our expert panel your questions, see our detailed agenda to find out more. 

 

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Agenda

  • Welcome address

    • Nicola Parish, Executive Director for Frontline Regulation, The Pensions Regulator

  • The Pension Scams Action Group (PSAG)

    • Paul Sweeney, Business Lead for the Pension Scams Action Group (PSAG), The Pensions Regulator

    The Pension Scams Action Group, formerly Project Bloom, has been rebranded to reflect its mission and goals of protecting people from pension scams. Hear more about the strategic aims of PSAG and how it fits into TPR’s wider pension scams strategy and the evolving scams landscape.

  • TPR spotlight on Enforcement

    • Anna Hendry, Lead Specialist on Enforcement Proceedings, The Pensions Regulator

    One of the core pillars of our strategy to combat pension scams focuses on fighting fraud through the prevention, disruption, and punishment of criminality. Hear about a recent case that has seen custodial sentences given to perpetrators and insights from the judgement that was made. Find out more about what has changed in terms of enforcement proceedings since the Pension Schemes Act 2021.

  • Updates from MoneyHelper (MaPS)

    • Charlotte Jackson, Head of Guidance Services and Customer Protection Strategy, Money and Pensions Service (MaPS)

    Find out more about MaPS services to consumers and how employers and schemes have engaged over the last few years.

    Focusing on:

    • Pension Wise: 7 years on - What it is and who it is for
    • Pensions Safeguarding Service: Observations since launch - what it is and is not
    • Pension Scams and our support to victims
  • Updates from the Pension Scams Industry Group (PSIG)


    Hear from Margaret Snowdon about what the industry can focus on and do to balance risk in the uncertain economic climate to stop more people becoming victims of scams.

  • Panel Q&A


    Chaired by:

    • Nicola Parish, Executive Director of Front-Line Regulation, The Pensions Regulator

     

    Expert panel:

    • Paul Sweeney, Business Lead for the Pension Scams Action Group (PSAG), The Pensions Regulator
    • Charlotte Jackson, Head of Guidance Services and Customer Protection Strategy at the Money and Pensions Service
    • Anna Hendry, Lead Specialist on Enforcement Proceedings, The Pensions Regulator
    • Margaret Snowdon, Chair of the Pension Scams Industry Group
  • Webinar close

    • Nicola Parish, Executive Director for Frontline Regulation, The Pensions Regulator

Speakers

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Nicola Parish

Executive Director for Frontline Regulation, The Pensions Regulator

Nicola Parish was appointed Executive Director for Frontline...
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Paul Sweeney

Business Lead for the Pension Scams Action Group (PSAG), The Pensions Regulator

Paul Sweeney is the Business Lead for the Pension Scams Acti...
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Charlotte Jackson

Head of Guidance Services and Customer Protection Strategy, Money and Pensions Service (MaPS)

Charlotte Jackson is Head of Guidance Services and Customer...
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Anna Hendry

Lead Specialist on Enforcement Proceedings, The Pensions Regulator

Anna Hendry is one of the lead specialists in the proceeding...
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Margaret Snowdon OBE

Chair of Pension Scams Industry Group, (PSIG)

Margaret Snowdon OBE is a pensions professional and experien...
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