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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Feeding the 5000; Pension PlayPen Party Photoblog
When you ask 5000 disparate souls with a common interest in pensions and fun to a party-you have a time. Thanks to everyone who attended on Thursday night. We had over 200 people over the evening which is more than double the anticipated … Continue reading
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We knew we were cheating our clients.
Mark Wood (now of JLT and formerly of the Prudential) is calling on insurers to relax the early exit penalties on pension contracts set up in the “bad old days” when commission was paid in advance for premiums paid … Continue reading
“Open Government isn’t an idea, it’s an action”
When you walk into the DWP’s offices in Westminster, you are greeted with a montage of Male, Pale and Stale mug-shots of politicians and permanent secretaries who are the DWP’s big wigs. Very 1980s – very Sir Humphrey! But that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Insurance, Investing, Investment management, male, MPS, pale, stale, tea mugs
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We must party – it’s in our DNA!
Tonight it’s the Pension Play Pen party and well over 100 people have put their name on the guest list! If you haven’t worry not- there are still several hours to tell us you’re coming and heh! -mention you read … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, Employment, Financial services, Fun, Insurance, Party, pension, Pension new, pension playpen
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Three Auto-Enrolment campaigns you must follow
Some are born great and some have greatness thrust upon them (Malvolio- 12th night) Well even the pompous idiot Malvolio in Shakespeare’s 12th night would not recognise my promotion to “national campaigns manager” for the Friends of Auto-Enrolment as “greatness” … Continue reading
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Tagged pensions, Pensions 2.0, Pensions Act 2008, Pensions Advisory Service
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Making a buyer’s market for pensions
Organisations such as Which have always charged a subscription for their research. Those prepared to pay a regular monthly amount built libraries of reports which help us purchase everything from groceries to credit cards. Which put its readers in control- … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Buyers, corporate risk, dc pensions, Financial services, Government, Life annuity, Martin Lewis, MSE, National Employment Savings Trust, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, social media, Steve Webb, Which, workplace Pensions
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Freddy Flumper gets savvy!
It’s been some days since I’ve reported on the fabulous Freddy Flumper -“fabulous” in the sense that he lives only in the fable on this blog. For anyone who missed the instructive fable of Freddy and Tony Lamborghini , we … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Young, BR19, Business, CDC, DWP, financial education, Freddy Flumper, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Savviness, Steve Webb, Tony Lamborghini
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Please don’t discourage saving (guest blog from Ralph Frank)
The Department for Work and Pensions (“DWP”) recently released its latest “scenario analysis of future pension incomes” (the “Analysis”). A key finding of the Analysis is that the proportion of people under-saving for retirement increases as income rises. Part … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Employment, Financial services, London, National Employment Savings Trust, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Society, Steve Webb
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11 tips for advisers planning for April ’15
It’s been four months since the Budget and the aftershocks of George’s pension bombshell are still being fealt. One by one, the policy decisions which will shape the way advice and guidance will be delivered, are falling into place. … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Collaborate, First Actuairal, Guidance, IFA, pension, pension playpen, Retirement, Work
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The Mansion on the hill (that no one visits).
I bumped into some friends at the DWP this week. They were waiting to talk to some civil servants about Defined Ambition (and especially about CDC, they were actuaries). I was going to see the workplace pensions team about … Continue reading
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