| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much 14:07 - Mar 3 with 2383 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
So however many police officers and firefighters have been risking their lives and saving up their pension for X years, to find that it is now all going to be gambled to buy an unknown third division English football club.
Is that correct? You'd be furious. |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:11 - Mar 3 with 2144 views | SpruceMoose |
It doesn't work like that.
It's a drop in the ocean.
Pension funds are often invested in all kinds of things most people don't know/care about.
You'd not be furious. |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:15 - Mar 3 with 2102 views | J2BLUE |
I can't see this being structured in any way other than the pension fund acting as a lender and getting a guaranteed return regardless of our performance. |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:15 - Mar 3 with 2098 views | ThisIsMyUsername |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:11 - Mar 3 by SpruceMoose |
It doesn't work like that.
It's a drop in the ocean.
Pension funds are often invested in all kinds of things most people don't know/care about.
You'd not be furious. |
Fair enough!
Massive increase in merchandise revenue for the club when they all start wearing their ITFC-branded police caps and fire helmets. | |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:20 - Mar 3 with 2051 views | Keno |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:15 - Mar 3 by ThisIsMyUsername |
Fair enough!
Massive increase in merchandise revenue for the club when they all start wearing their ITFC-branded police caps and fire helmets. |
The Arizona pension fund is worth something like $4bn
the ITFC investment is £20mill |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:22 - Mar 3 with 2029 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:15 - Mar 3 by ThisIsMyUsername |
Fair enough!
Massive increase in merchandise revenue for the club when they all start wearing their ITFC-branded police caps and fire helmets. |
Scarves!!
Brett is a massive fan of a scarf. So much so I had a dream (honestly) about our players coming out of the tunnel on match day all wearing ITFC scarves and then throwing them to the crowd.
I'm dreaming about it!! |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:24 - Mar 3 with 1995 views | chicoazul |
If the pension fund thing is legit I’m keen to see how certain people on here with avowed Defund the Police beliefs will reconcile them with supporting Ipswich. |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:27 - Mar 3 with 2000 views | MattinLondon |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:24 - Mar 3 by chicoazul |
If the pension fund thing is legit I’m keen to see how certain people on here with avowed Defund the Police beliefs will reconcile them with supporting Ipswich. |
Who on here has defund the police beliefs?
Think in the main, a lot of posters simply want the police to be better and less racist (obviously the vast majority of police are not at all racist but in the past probably a lot were). |  | | |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:29 - Mar 3 with 1979 views | SpruceMoose |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:27 - Mar 3 by MattinLondon |
Who on here has defund the police beliefs?
Think in the main, a lot of posters simply want the police to be better and less racist (obviously the vast majority of police are not at all racist but in the past probably a lot were). |
I'm for reallocating funding so that unarmed social services are better equipped to deal with mental health, addiction and homelessness issues and armed police are inserted into fewer situations where their cultural limitations result in them shooting first and asking questions later.
But that view doesn't really help further Chico's big fanny 'gotcha' moment I suppose. | |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:31 - Mar 3 with 1953 views | Swansea_Blue |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:20 - Mar 3 by Keno |
The Arizona pension fund is worth something like $4bn
the ITFC investment is £20mill |
I'd be pushing for it all if I was Paul Cook. We could buy nearly 2,000 Lee Martins. |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:31 - Mar 3 with 1958 views | TieDyedIn95 |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:11 - Mar 3 by SpruceMoose |
It doesn't work like that.
It's a drop in the ocean.
Pension funds are often invested in all kinds of things most people don't know/care about.
You'd not be furious. |
Gordon Brown invested my old mans Army pension in lots of things and more than halved its value!
I feel for these poor coppers!! |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:34 - Mar 3 with 1935 views | lowhouseblue |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:24 - Mar 3 by chicoazul |
If the pension fund thing is legit I’m keen to see how certain people on here with avowed Defund the Police beliefs will reconcile them with supporting Ipswich. |
surely taking their money is defunding them? |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:34 - Mar 3 with 1932 views | JakeITFC |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:24 - Mar 3 by chicoazul |
If the pension fund thing is legit I’m keen to see how certain people on here with avowed Defund the Police beliefs will reconcile them with supporting Ipswich. |
I imagine a private police force would still have a pension fund. |  | | |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:35 - Mar 3 with 1928 views | MattinLondon |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:31 - Mar 3 by Swansea_Blue |
I'd be pushing for it all if I was Paul Cook. We could buy nearly 2,000 Lee Martins. |
The red card count will be immense. | | | |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:36 - Mar 3 with 1914 views | MattinLondon |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:29 - Mar 3 by SpruceMoose |
I'm for reallocating funding so that unarmed social services are better equipped to deal with mental health, addiction and homelessness issues and armed police are inserted into fewer situations where their cultural limitations result in them shooting first and asking questions later.
But that view doesn't really help further Chico's big fanny 'gotcha' moment I suppose. |
The defund the police comment did come across as somewhat silly. | | | |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:37 - Mar 3 with 1905 views | SpruceMoose |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:36 - Mar 3 by MattinLondon |
The defund the police comment did come across as somewhat silly. |
As it was some Monkey Alan level trolling I assumed he wasn't being serious. | |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:41 - Mar 3 with 1866 views | MattinLondon |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:37 - Mar 3 by SpruceMoose |
As it was some Monkey Alan level trolling I assumed he wasn't being serious. |
Oh ok.
Trolling or being a dick - sometimes hard to differentiate on here - sometimes they both go hand in hand. | | | |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:43 - Mar 3 with 1858 views | Illinoisblue |
Jesus wept. This is going to be the replacement for Evans owns Ipswich for tax reasons. |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:50 - Mar 3 with 1834 views | factual_blue |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:31 - Mar 3 by TieDyedIn95 |
Gordon Brown invested my old mans Army pension in lots of things and more than halved its value!
I feel for these poor coppers!! |
I find that hard to believe. |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:43 - Mar 3 by Illinoisblue |
Jesus wept. This is going to be the replacement for Evans owns Ipswich for tax reasons. |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:58 - Mar 3 with 1795 views | Keno |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 14:31 - Mar 3 by TieDyedIn95 |
Gordon Brown invested my old mans Army pension in lots of things and more than halved its value!
I feel for these poor coppers!! |
Gordon Brown invested my old mans Army pension in lots of things and more than halved its value!
No he didn't
An UK Army pension would not halve in value | |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 15:18 - Mar 3 with 1726 views | DBlues |
The UK gov - PPF (think the largest pension fund in the UK) investments were in property mostly but also have shares in companies that have gone in to administration and have been saved to protect the pension fund.
It's likely the US pension fund will mostly be low risk investments like property and then this will be a small higher risk investment. |  | | |
| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 15:23 - Mar 3 with 1706 views | George03 |
whats going to be invested into ITFC is peanuts to value of the pension funds. ITFC is high risk investment given our current position but with high rewards if all goes well.
Most pension funds invest small percentage into high risk investments which can be offset by the larger slower returning investments if all goes wrong. [Post edited 3 Mar 2021 15:29]
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 15:37 - Mar 3 with 1658 views | Charlie_pl_baxter |
I suspect the new company set up by our four new owners will be borrowing money from the pension fund rather than the fund directly investing. |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 15:42 - Mar 3 with 1628 views | MJallday |
That’s not how it works Pal
I have a pension plan administered by a company and they invest my money in schemes that are either low medium or high risk. That could be any company on earth.
If I don’t like they companies they invest in I can choose to move to a difference scheme , but these investments change almost daily if not weekly |  |
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| The US deal - apologies if this has been done, I've not been on the board much on 15:47 - Mar 3 with 1600 views | Pinewoodblue |
They are lending the money to someone who will use it to buy ITFC. So while the new owners will buy a club that is debt free the loan will be charged to the club so we will no longer be debt free but we will owe a lot less than we did to Marcus Evans. |  |
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