Tag Archives: National Employment Savings Trust

Yes pensions minister

Posted on February 16, 2012 by

What was Steve Webb doing last week in launching aspirational pensions? Apparently, senior strategists within the DWP were as nonplussed as the majority of his audience as Steve called for a return to the pensions culture that fostered the defined benefit … Continue reading →

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Define your aspiration.

Posted on February 13, 2012 by

Last week, the brotherhood  of DB and DC pensions got a little sister when Steve Webb introduced the prospect of DA to the family. There is nothing new about the search for a third way, indeed it is the pensions equivalent of the … Continue reading →

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How’s this for a rip-off?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

I’m not sure if it’s my job to whistle blow and so far they have only followed 82 people on twitter (including me) – but don’t you reckon this kind of offer is a little dubious? Continue reading →

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WE’VE GOT OUR POPCORN PENSIONS!

Posted on February 4, 2012 by

There have been a few times in my life that I have felt completely happy, the birth of my son, winning a scholarship to Bryanston and a telephone call received yesterday evening are three that spring to mind. Moments when your sense of self-worth is captured completely in the realisation that something wonderful has happened. Continue reading →

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Selling NEST and auto-enrolment to the pension weary

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

The issue of fatigue is high on my agenda this morning - especially Regulatory Fatigue. Yesterday the DWP published a host of documents that can be accessed through this link http://www.dwp.gov.uk/consultations/2011/workplace-pension-reform-2011.shtml It dots the “i”s and crosses the “t’s” on a … Continue reading →

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A hunger to educate – more on Popcorn Pensions

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

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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Is Auto-Enrolment a busted flush? Pension Play Pen lunch Jan 2012

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

The Play Pen sat down for the 26th time at the Counting House on Monday 9th Jan 2012-the first working Monday of the month. It concluded that their was life in auto-enrolment though enthusiasm for the project and for NEST … Continue reading →

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Don’t tell me what to do – give me advice!

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

In a recent polldaddy poll I asked whether people would pay for advice to get information, find out their options or to be told what to do. 60% of people wanted options , 30% wanted to be told what to do and 10% … Continue reading →

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ABI and the OMO- guest blog by Alan Higham

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

ABI Consultation Paper on OMO Code of Conduct Posted on December 23, 2011 by Alan Higham The ABI has finally been pressed into taking some meaningful attempt to improve the outcomes people have at retirement. The ABI has a number … Continue reading →

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I have seen the future of DC (part 84)

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

The future for DC may well be a fund manager’s future but it’s a fund manager with big ears and a small mouth who is most likely to win.
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