Monthly Archives: January 2014
I want my, I want my, I want my IGC…
We need our IGCs and we need them soon! Continue reading
Posted in annuity, governance, investment, pension playpen, pensions, redington, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Business, corporate governance, Financial services, governance, Government
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Fund management’s like a car-boot, you’ve got to know what you’re paying (and what you’re buying).
Fund management’s like a car-boot, you’ve got to know what you’re paying (and what you’re buying). Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Bankers, brand, Farefail, Financial Education, First Actuarial, FSA, hedge funds, infrastucture, investment, London, Management, middleware, NEST
Tagged AMC, Business, Business and Economy, charges, costs, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, TER, Total Charge
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Time to be clear on what’s a good workplace pension.
We are losing sight of what the charges consultation is about. It is about improving pension outcomes. Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, leadership, Payroll, pensions, Personal Accounts, stock lending
Tagged Business, charges, Consultation, costs, custody, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, novarca, pension
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It looks like we won’t get a cap on pension charges – do we need one?
A battle may have been lost but there is still a war to be won. Continue reading
Posted in leadership, pension playpen, pensions, steve webb, target date funds
Tagged annuity, Business, Cass, corporate governance, dc pensions, Debbie Harrison, DWP, Employment, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Insitute, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb
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Getting use to managing pensions ourselves
The ideas of personal financial empowerment and independent financial advice grew up hand in hand. But they are mutually exclsusive concepts and ill-matched bedfellows. Now that we have the means to do it ourselves, we need to be allowed to. … Continue reading
The best fans in the land – #ytfc
In characteristically generous fashion, Yeovil Town applauded the 2000 travelling Burnley fans at last week’s game at the Huish both at the ground and on twitter afterwards. They were generally acknowledged the loudest we’ve had all season and we are … Continue reading
Posted in Yeovil Town
Tagged Association football, championship, England, Facebook, football, social media, twitter, Yeovil, Yeovil Town, Yeovil True, YTFC
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Have you got staff approaching retirement? Check out Pick-A
You and your staff save hard through your careers, you build up a pot of money and the time comes when you want to/have to draw on your savings to pay the bills, enjoy the holidays and look after … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement
Tagged annuities, insurance companies, Retirement
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How much certainty do we need?
Only in the public sector is the security of totally guaranteed income a genuine prospect, the rest of us seem happy to compromise Continue reading
Can TISA hit out on pension transfers.
Who knows, we might even have pot follows member one day. Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, corporate governance, customer service, investment, pension playpen
Tagged Business, Financial services, Insurance, pension, Pension Regulator, pensions, Pot
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2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 60,000 times in 2013. If it were a … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
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