Tag Archives: Business

The Budget – Becalmed in the middle of the lost decade!

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

This wasn’t really a budget about pensions and the usual scare stories about threats to pension saving proved groundless. It certainly didn’t do much for those in retirement. Continue reading →

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It’s a “no” to that Royal Charter from the Plowman

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

In case you are wondering, the views of the pension plowman are not necessarily those of First Actuarial and quite often aren’t. Continue reading →

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So what’s a good DC pension – Mr Webb?

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

Britain is taking on a massive enterprise as it looks to universal private pension provision in the corporate sector Continue reading →

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Tescos – Karen Wake helps- quite a lot!

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

It is not about staging dates, it is about day in, day out; forever into the future Continue reading →

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No win no fee – one way to clean up asset management

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

I met yesterday with a Swiss firm whose business is to reduce the investment costs for large investors (typically with €500m +). The model is simple, no retainer – they receive 50% of the savings from their work. They are a … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow’s problems today..the OFT on pensions

Posted on March 9, 2013 by

Answers on an e-postcard to http://www.oft.gov.uk/OFTwork/markets-work/pensions Continue reading →

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“Three into two won’t go”- NO EXIT at Playpen lunch!

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

Three into two won’t go – but I can say this was the hardest but most rewarding meeting I have yet chaired Continue reading →

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Cobblers shoes – how an adviser selects a pension for its staff

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

If we can find a pension provider that knows what “good” is, I will be pleased. But I worry whether that may be as much a challenge for us. Continue reading →

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Better ways to diversify the default.

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

When people see the jigsaw being put together , we may even get better public confidence in workplace pension schemes – something devoutly to be hoped for! Continue reading →

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Pension agnostic?

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

An ”agnostic“ is someone who knows he cannot know and so gives up trying to find out. You hear the phrase “pension agnostic” bandied around at the moment, mainly from the providers of ancillary services that help companies auto-enrol. If you key … Continue reading →

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