Hill top finance/pensions.

clive0510

cfw1994 said:

Albermarle said:

clive0510 said:

ok. I'm back. this is the site I used https://directory.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en so can someone plz tell me have I done the right thing here? sorry to go on but bit concerned.

That looks OK but stills seems odd that they recommended someone 300 miles away.
As mentioned above there is no actual rush and it could be worthwhile searching out an IFA nearer to you.
Transferring old pensions into a new one ready for drawdown is bread and butter work for IFA's, so you should not have any trouble finding someone more local to do that for you. 

Perhaps use the actual Pensionwise link Albermarle sent you!
You should be able to have a face to face or telephone conversation with them - they can certainly outline options for you, but as dunstonh says, they will NOT recommend any specific company.
Good luck!

its ok. I think the confusion arose because i clicked on email/ phone contact rather than face to face, its ok thanks for your help.

bicycle_wheel_123

I ended up with Hill Top ringing me because I typed in 'penny wise' and clicked the first link and answered all the questions. It suggested Hill Top to be my best option. It must automatically direct all pension enquiries to Hill Top - regardless of the postcode you put in, even though they are miles a way from me as well. I've just tried again and found the top link in google is a site called www.adviseme.co.uk - certainly not related to pension wise. I will not be dealing with them as I imagined their advice would be unbiased, because we started by entering 'penny wise' in the address bar. Draw your own conclusions. 

coyrls

What has "penny wise" got to do with "pension wise"?  If you imagine that you can obtain unbiased advice by typing "penny wise" in the address bar of your browser, then my own conclusion would be that you need to understand how Google works.

Albermarle

coyrls said:

What has "penny wise" got to do with "pension wise"?  If you imagine that you can obtain unbiased advice by typing "penny wise" in the address bar of your browser, then my own conclusion would be that you need to understand how Google works.

I guess the OP means they typed in Pension Wise in google, but did not scroll down the results past the first 3 or 4 hits, which are adverts for financial advice firms, before you get to the proper Pension Wise.

QrizB

Albermarle said:

coyrls said:

What has "penny wise" got to do with "pension wise"?  If you imagine that you can obtain unbiased advice by typing "penny wise" in the address bar of your browser, then my own conclusion would be that you need to understand how Google works.

I guess the OP means they typed in Pension Wise in google, but did not scroll down the results past the first 3 or 4 hits, which are adverts for financial advice firms, before you get to the proper Pension Wise.

Yes, I googled Pension Wise (as two separate words) and the very first result, a sponsored advert, was for that adviseme site that bicycle_wheel mentions.

Cornish_mum

Hi All I just google’d and had the same result as QrizB - “Get Pension Wise” as the head line -clicking on that takes you to the other site. CM