STEELWORKERS were “shamelessly bamboozled” by “parasitical” finance chiefs who pushed them into joining a risky cash-out retirement scheme, MPs reported yesterday.
The work and pensions committee said members of the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) had been “exploited for cynical personal gain by dubious financial advisers in tandem with parasitical so-called ‘introducers’.”
Steelworkers below pension age were encouraged to transfer their defined benefit pension rights into a defined contribution pension — a process known as a “DB transfer.”
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