Monthly Archives: December 2011
When someone takes you over – stealing your e-mail identity
At 7.50 yesterday I logged onto my Gmail account in Leeds to find a message saying I’d changed my password twenty minutes before. Twenty minutes later I got a call from a friend in Australia that I’d asked him for money to … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, customer service, social media
Tagged Australia, Facebook, Google, Identity theft, Mail, Password, Security, Spain
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Not much fun for the over 55’s
Great stuff from Aviva 07 December, 2011 Savings pots fall 27% since December 2010 Average annual income down 4% and inflation up 5.4% since December 2010 Equity in property now eight times the size of the average pension pot Despite … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, NEST, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Aviva, Credit card, December 2010, Equity release, pension, Retirement, Saving, Unsecured debt
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Beyond belief – investment philospohies in the DC world
Investment Philosophies are what Asset Managers use to justify fees- Investment Beliefs are how trustees justify paying them. Continue reading
Putting your staff before your pension scheme
From today’s PensionFundsonline…… UK Pensions Minister Steve Webb has announced a consultation on the transfer of individual pension pots – and offered a few possible solutions to the problem Currently, many UK workers build up individual pension savings with different … Continue reading
Should pensions be personal?
I’m surprised to say that for the first time, the Pension Play voted unanimously after the 25th London lunch held at the Counting House on Monday December 5th. What, you might ask, could bring the following fine minds together in … Continue reading
What is better than sport?- nothing (apart from one thing)
Five a side Rockets v the Incredibles. Rockets move to within three points in the Rocks Lane 5 a side league *U14* after a fab 9-4 win, Fleetwood 2 v Yeovil Town 2. YTFC give a way a 2-0 lead in … Continue reading
Mothball NEST till 2017
Should we mothball NEST and brush it off in 2017? Maybe a little drastic but we certainly need to scale back the amount it is spending both in events and it its payroll.
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Posted in dc pensions, NEST, pension playpen
Tagged annuity, Borough High Street, Business, Business and Economy, customer service, Dixie Chicks, Employment, Government, Liability Driven Investment, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension Poverty, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, Treasury, United States
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He’s not a politician – he’s just a very naughty boy
Clarkson is not a politician, he is an obnoxious controversialist trying to be a comedian Continue reading