Monthly Archives: October 2011
Ah- Vested Self Interest – that’s alright then!
We have a brace of fine headlines this week – Citywire report that Standard Life believe that ISAs should be part of the auto-enrolment mechanism and some SRI peddlar is reported on twitter extolling the need for auto-enrolment to include some seriously socially responsible investment. No … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Liberal Democrats, NEST, pensions, Retirement, Treasury, twitter
Tagged AMC, Goldman Sachs, Government, Greece, Jesus Christ, pension, Standard Life, Steve Webb
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Small businesses wanting to avoid small pensions
In September we sent out 80,000 e-mails to companies in the UK with between 5 and 100 staff, the sort of companies that will be obliged to auto-enrol their staff between 2014 and 2015 and are today obliged to offer their staff a … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, dc pensions, EU Solvency II, Facebook, NEST, Retirement, social media, Treasury
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Employment, Financial adviser, Financial services, Higham, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Regulator, Pensions Trust, regulation, Stakeholder pension scheme
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Mrs Higham’s letter
There are three things troubling me this morning – four if you include the outcome of Wales v France in the Rugby World Cup. For the purposes of the next 1,000 words I’ll concentrate on them in reverse order of … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Finance Act, France, Higham, Nortel, Open Market Option, pension, Pension Regulator, Wales
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Where it’s all going wrong for English rugby
If you want fun, stick with your local club, enjoy mini and youth rugby and stay away from the RFU – it is toxic. Continue reading
24 cheers for The Pension Play Pen Lunch
There’s a fine tradition in this country of people getting together in coffee houses and taverns and sorting out how and with whom business should be transacted. This was how the insurance market was founded in London and it still is how … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, Facebook, mallowstreet, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, social media
Tagged annuity, bribery act, corporate governance, corporate risk, Cyberbury, Debate, Employment, Facebook, Leeds, London, Lunch, mallowstreet, Manchester, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pensions, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, social media, yeovil town fc, YTFC
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Chip off the old block?
My son Oliver has a blog and to my surprise has asked me to advertise it here … so here it is http://www.tapsport-o.blogspot.com It is a strange place. He doesn’t appear to have any interest in collective DC or annuities … Continue reading
Posted in Twickenham
Tagged annuities, Business, Collecting, Financial services, Home, Insurance, music, Ne-Yo, Recreation, Twickenham, United States, yeovil town fc
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Insurers find comfort in Boardroom Benefits
Earlier in the week I mentioned I was highly sceptical about corporate wrap platforms. They have become the holy grail for a magic circle of insurance companies whose business models are increasingly focusing on pandering to the boardrooms of fellow corporate … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, EU Solvency II, Martin Lewis, pensions
Tagged bribery act, Business, corporate governance, Cyberbury, dc pensions, de-risking, Distribution (business), Employee benefit, Employment, EU Solvency II, Financial services, FTSE 100, FTSE 100 Index, Insurance, Martin Lewis, McKinsey & Company, moneysavingexpert, Pension new, Pensions, pensions, PWC, Small and medium enterprises
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Le Pension Crisis est Arrivé
Image via Wikipedia PWC report today that the value of DC pension pots has fallen by 30% in the last three years. This Telegraph article gives the grim details. This is not a paper loss which can be reversed if markets recover, … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Fiduciary Management, NEST, OECD, pension playpen, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Bank of England, Channel 4, corporate governance, corporate risk, customer service, Cyberbury, dc pensions, de-risking, England, Fiduciary Management, Financial Assistance Scheme, John Hutton, moneysavingexpert, NEST, OECD, pension, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, Public Sector Pensions, PWC, Quantitative easing, Retirement, RSA, Steve Webb
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Green shield stamps ( how to buy a pension)
Lawrence Churchill of NEST and John Hutton (of the report) spoke eloquently yesterday of the need for people to focus on a desired retirement outcome (for instance;-“I want an income of £15,000 pa”) work out what it takes to get it … Continue reading
Posted in customer service, de-risking, NEST, Retirement, social media
Tagged Book, Collecting, customer service, Cyberbury, de-risking, Fatherhood, Green Shield Stamp, John Hutton, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, Pensions, Recreation, Retirement, Saving, social media, Society, Stamps
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