Monthly Archives: November 2011
Pension power! Is your employer doing enough?
Most people who read articles about pensions earn their living from pensions – managing the benefits or the investments, setting the things up or closing the things down. Most of the people who benefit from pensions do not (sadly) read … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, Facebook, mallowstreet, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, social media, twitter
Tagged Chief executive officer, Compensation & Benefits, Employment, Financial services, Human Resources, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Trade union
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Fifty not out – to Choggia and beyond
To those who consider 50 a distant memory, I salute your sagacity, for those for whom 50 is a way away, I applaud your vivacity but from where I am sitting, overlooking the Rialto Bridge on a crisp November morning … Continue reading
Tagged Andrew Young, Beverage, Charlemagne, Choggia, Health, Lido, Rialto Bridge, Venice
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From Venice with love
Sitting in front of Tintoretto’s Crucifixion, a massive canvas that examines the nature of suffering , I tried to connect his noble vision with the suffering of Europe‘s latest basket case- Italy. Nothing doing. If the Venetians are any touchstone of … Continue reading
Tagged City of London, England, Italy, London, Marco Polo, Northern Alliance, Venetian, Venice
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Alan Higham’s open letter to Steve Webb
There is a simple solution worth trying to the persistent problem of people wasting billions of pension savings each year at retirement. Continue reading
Troy Shandell – sic transit gloria mundi
Shortly after 11am on 11th November 1961, I arrived into the world. I hadn’t done much for the Minute’s Silence and I haven’t done much for peace and quiet since. The week that I was born saw the Marvelettes “Please Mr … Continue reading
Posted in joy division, poetry, Troy shandell
Tagged Big Bad John, Google Images, Hit the Road Jack, Jimmy Dean, Lou Reed, Ray Charles, Runaround Sue, Troy Shondell, YouTube
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DWP – Do some Work for your Pensions.
Higham said it was a ‘disgrace’ and asked the DWP for an explanation but said he had not received a satisfactory answer. Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Church of England, dc pensions, de-risking, Facebook, Martin Lewis, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Alan Higham, DWP, Financial adviser, Financial Services Authority, gordon brown, Greeks, National Employment Savings Trust, Open Market Option, pension, Ros Altmann
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Wrong is right…. Guest Blog by Steve Delo
The financial crisis has changed the financial landscape and had a dramatic impact on all investment decision making. Slap bang in the firing line are company pension schemes. And if you’re a trustee of such a scheme, you have onerous responsibilities, … Continue reading
Pension Play Pen lunch rescues Generation Y from retirement hell
DISCLAIMER; this account is in no way a fair representation of either the event or the views of any of the participants . It is produced to provoke thought and pleasure – blue sky on a grey day. In a shock … Continue reading
Now Pensions – Danegeld ,fools gold or a new beginning?
The sooner they can publish the detail the better.
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, mallowstreet, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged Denmark, Federation of Small Businesses, Financial services, James Goldsmith, Legal & General, National Employment Savings Trust, Nigel Waterson, pension, Pension Trust, Steve Webb
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