Tag Archives: Human Resources

A hunger to educate – more on Popcorn Pensions

Hunger is not a word you’d associate with actuaries. One of our clients described the team working for her as “happy puppies” who approached the task of educating members with ” hunger“. These are not words that exist in the … Continue reading

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Popcorn pensions

I was sitting in Kentucky Fried Chicken with my friend Mr Peter Shellswell last week. We were eating the salad in case you are wondering. Popcorn chicken and gravy is my fave but we’d decided to be good. Continue reading

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How Shell announced the closure of its DB Scheme to members

UK Retirement Benefits Review – 2011                                                                                                       December 2011 This update is primarily aimed at employees of the Member Companies of the Shell Contributory Pension Fund (SCPF) and Shell Overseas Contributory Pension Fund (SOCPF) who are members of those funds or … Continue reading

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Pension power! Is your employer doing enough?

Most people who read articles about pensions earn their living from pensions – managing the benefits or the investments, setting the things up or closing the things down. Most of the people who benefit from pensions do not (sadly) read … Continue reading

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The Regulator, wisdom and the crowd

The Pension Regulator, it needs be said , did not have a good Professional Pension Show. Things started well enough with a keynote speech that laid out its 2012 agenda Get DB solvent Get DC sorted Get Auto-Enrolment in Simples… And that … Continue reading

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Yeovil has the best pension plan in the country

Congratulations to Agusta Westland, proud sponsors of Yeovil Town Football Club, manufacturers of top helicopters and now the sponsors of Britain’s #1 pension scheme. I had the honour of dancing with their wonderful pension team and though I was unable … Continue reading

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Can’t beat the NAPF!

As trade bodies go, the NAPF is pretty good. It starts from a good place, it wants people to get good retirement outcomes. It operates with the support of all the sectors of the pensions industry and it’s been doing its job … Continue reading

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Champagne down the drain

Many thanks to those who came, and those who wanted to come but couldn’t – not the easiest of days to get about.

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None of my business

I went to a meeting last week at the end of which the pension manager I was speaking with asked “I can see why this matters but why are you bothering?”. A very sensible question as it happened since the commercial … Continue reading

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A pound spent on pension’s as good as salary – the new golden rule

I published a blog recently on the need for the DWP to take notice of the real concerns of the ASA. It got some  really interesting comments made on various sites mainly opposing the ACA’s pessimism. Interestingly the pessimism of the actuaries mirrors … Continue reading

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