Monthly Archives: February 2011
Uk bosses, should you sell-out your pensioners?
The link between you and your employer has been lost.
Posted in annuity, Liability Driven Investment, pensions, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Bournville, Insurance, Liability Driven Investment, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, Pensions, Port Sunlight, Retirement, unilever, United States
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The National Association of Pension Fun
We shall laugh in the face of ministers, doff imaginary trilbies when passing Regulators. Continue reading
The State can take longevity risk.
There is no evidence that the private sector has found the secret to insuring the cost of people living longer. It has merely found ways of insuring itself against the risks of ruin.
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Posted in ezra pound, NEST, poetry, Retirement
Tagged corporate risk, European Union, ezra pound, Financial services, Government, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, Persnal Accounts, poetry, Politics, Private sector, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, The PEnsion Regulator
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Hotel Demented ; The Pensioner Playpen
Following my visit to Hotel Stupid earlier in the month, I am now reporting from Hotel Demented ; aka Jardines de Nivaria – Tenerife. If Gordon and William want to know what happened to all that tax free cash from UK pensions, they … Continue reading
Only the good die young
There is hope for me – maybe I will be remembered as too good for my pension.
Posted in de-risking
Tagged Brentford, Brentford F.C., de-risking, Health, Smoking, Sports, Table tennis, Tobacco, Tobacco smoking, United States, Zurich Financial Services
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Top 10 pension strap lines
We need to give pensions a better public image. Some say we should drop the word pensions, we say get real!
Posted in NEST, pensions
Tagged Dogs Trust, European Union, Financial services, Fred Goodwin, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, Peaches Geldof, pension, Pension new, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, Pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Robert Maxwell, UK Sport
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Two and a half cheers for UK pensions
The other man’s grass is always greener or so it would seem if you work in the UK pension industry. Over the years we have got used to a succession of overseas dignitaries visiting our shores, speaking at our conferences and … Continue reading
Posted in mallowstreet, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, redington, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, Treasury
Tagged Financial Assistance Scheme, Institute of Actuaries, mallowstreet, NEST, New Zealand, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, redington, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts Manufactures & Commerce, Royal Society of the Arts, South Africa, The PEnsion Regulator, Treasury, United States, USA
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What really matters -DC outcomes
DC consulting concentrates on the hard things and misses the easy ones. What we need is a pragmatic, plain-speaking and pragmatic approach to DC pensions and that is exactly what we’ve decided to provide Continue reading