Tag Archives: Scheme

Improving governance and best practice – Work and Pensions Committee

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

Trail commission has no more place in QWPS than consultancy charging Continue reading →

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A method to chose your workplace pension scheme.

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

I’d value your feedback on a scoring system we are developing which aims to provide employers with a method of rating one pension proposition against another. We want it used by employers looking to establish a new workplace scheme, and those who … Continue reading →

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Give a straight red to active member discounts

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

What are active member discounts (AMDs) and what’s so wrong with them? Continue reading →

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All we are saying – give DA a chance!

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

“Possible easements for employers providing good pension schemes” 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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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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Bill – get some DC resource into the Regulator now!

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Bill, t tPR need a gong-worthy head of DC asap. Continue reading →

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It’s charges not contributions that are on the “race to the bottom”!

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

I’ve been reviewing the 2013 charging options available to advisers using Scottish Widows – “Corporate Pensions; RDR and charging shape options”. The document gives advisers numerous options to pass on fees to members of their workplace pension plans. I wonder whether … Continue reading →

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A defined ambition scheme that would work

Posted on November 18, 2012 by

Members want two things from their pensions, a decent retirement when they knock off work and certainty that they’ll get it during their working lives. It is extremely expensive to achieve these things and beyond the means of most people. If … Continue reading →

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Opt-outs triggered by smartphones say Legal and General!

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

Speaking at a private conference for First Actuarial staff, Adrian Boulding said that Legal and General‘s clients were enthusiastic about their staging experience and he went on to suggest that members were much more ready to get information and transact digitally than his firm … Continue reading →

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