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brokencross
28-Feb-09, 08:44
Everyone wants a good pension, just look at Sir Fred Goodwin.

For us mere mortals our ultimate pension is probably determined by the wisdom of investments made by our pension fund holder and the rise and fall of the markets.
Some markets give very good stable returns but can be deemed unethical.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7914653.stm

So my hypothetical ethical question is "Would you rather have a good pension with so-called "unethical" investments or maybe risk a lesser pension and have only ethical investments."

OR more simply

"Do you give a hoot where your pension comes from as long as it is legal and maximised?"

davie
28-Feb-09, 09:34
I did have several 'good' pensions and the only thing that interests me is the ultimate return. When I say 'did have' this was before a certain Gordon Brown decimated them by taxing the fund revenue

Kenn
28-Feb-09, 10:30
I did choose an ethical pension fund and surprisingly it did better than the one my OH opted for which was not.
At the end of the day I suspect that what all are looking for is a good return on their money invested although in the present economic climate there is faint hope of that.