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Monthly Archives: April 2011
We can negotiate our DC charges (and it does matter!)
CHARGES ARE ABOUT THE ONLY FEATURE OF OUR PENSION PLAN DESIGN THAT WE CAN CONTROL.
Posted in dc pensions, NEST, Retail Distribution Review
Tagged AMC, Bond duration, Company, dc pensions, Defined contribution plan, Employment, Financial services, Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, Negotiation, NEST, pension, Percentage, Present value, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, Total Expense Ratio
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Well you’ve got to laugh..Cameron, Fogarty, Mourinho, me..
Two matters have made me chuckle this morning.
Posted in ezra pound, Facebook, pension playpen, pensions, twitter
Tagged Angela Eagle, BBC Radio 5 Live, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, David Cameron, Ed Balls, ezra pound, Facebook, Grosvenor House Hotel, History, Humour, Laughter, Nicky Campbell, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Prime Minister's Questions, Shelagh Fogarty, Society, twitter
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Blessed by God- a cracking weekend
A couple of things happened this weekend which have touched me, they seem to be connected by football.
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Why your personal pension/FSAVC may be worthless.
The question that the insurers and possibly the law courts need to answer is whether they will compensate their policyholders for mis-buying?
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Posted in customer service, pension playpen
Tagged Business, corporate risk, customer service, Economics, Equitable Life, Equitable Life Assurance Society, Financial services, Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pensions, Policy, Politics
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Coalition – come clean on your plan for our pension.
My criticism of the Green Paper is that while it is long on philosophising on the impact of longevity, the need for fairness and for personal responsibility, it’s short on idntifying the winners and losers in the process.
Posted in NEST, Nick Clegg, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Consumer price index, Flat rate, Green paper, Hargreaves Lansdown, Means test, National Employment Savings Trust, National Insurance, NEST, Nick Clegg, Outsourcing, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, pensions, Personal pension scheme, State Second Pension
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Jimmy there’s still so much to be done
Harnessing the power of fun to get things done.
The Pension Play Pen on good DC outcomes
The Pension Regulator has asked us the question and though the questions asked in a rather woolly way, it’s interesting to see what the Regulator it (him?) self considers the main priorities. Appropriate contribution decisions Appropriate investment decisions Efficient effective … Continue reading
Clearing up a few things about pensions
We may need Superchoice to do our clearing up.
