Offshore "Pensions", savings plans, and other rip-offs

[torata]

Note sure if the "Offshorerebates" I noticed registered on this site is the same Geoff who used to be able to give the lowdown and explain how you get ripped off with offshore pensions, savings plans, etc, but it prompted me to do my Christmas good deed and webarchive his sage advice from the Fool.

A long thread with 220 posts... use ctrl-F with Offshorerebates to cut to the important stuff
https://web.archive.org/web/20161227081 ... sort=whole

Avoiding insurance company based savings plans
https://web.archive.org/web/20161227081523/http://boards.fool.co.uk/offshore-savinginvestmentpensions-for-uk-expat-12697987.aspx?sort=whole

"Pensions" for expats
https://web.archive.org/web/20161227082315/http://boards.fool.co.uk/pensions-stuff-11857717.aspx?sort=whole

A heads-up on how you get ripped off
https://web.archive.org/web/20161227082909/http://boards.fool.co.uk/save-the-savings-11566678.aspx?sort=whole

Slightly disjointed thread due to deletions, but more detail about how the charges rip you off
https://web.archive.org/web/20161227083522/http://boards.fool.co.uk/friends-provident-premier-off-shore-plan-11104245.aspx?sort=whole

Time now to put my feet up...
torata