It’s came to our attention that a number of companies, such as ‘Teachers’ Planning Retirement’ and the ‘Teachers Retirement Agency are offering seminars for teachers approaching retirement. Please be aware that these seminars are not being delivered by Teachers’ Pensions, nor do we appoint companies to deliver the seminars on our behalf. Therefore, we aren’t responsible for any decisions you’ve made based on the advice you’ve been given by these companies.

However, we do run a small amount of free member presentations. If you’re interested in this service please speak to your employer.

If you’d like independent advice, we recommend using the following sites:

• www.unbiased.co.uk (This link opens in a new window) - used by many private sector schemes to point people to independent financial advisors
• www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk (This link opens in a new window) - set up by the government to offer free, impartial advice for people with workplace and personal pensions