Monthly Archives: September 2014
Auto-enrolment; – tPR’s despatches from the trenches
Auto-enrolment is like Flanders in 1914. Those wishing to see universal adoption of workplace pensions within Britain’s employment structure are digging in for an onslaught that has barely begun. Our Ypres’ and Passchendaeles’ are yet to come. We are still in … Continue reading
Telling it like it is – a Jamaican perspective on annuities
Following on from a recent article on annuities, I’ve got some interesting feedback, including a remarkable post on the Pension Play Pen linked-In group from Magdalena Cooper de Neuze who is an insurance broker in Jamaica I hope that those who … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, pensions
Tagged annuity, broker, Insurance, Jamaica, pension
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Time for the insurers to pipe down and get on with it!
I like Jamie Jenkins of Standard Life, he’s a canny operator who shapes arguments to suit Standard Life very agreeably. His style is laconic, his humour dry and his observations are succinct and to the point. So I enjoyed … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Aegon, pipe down, Scottish, Scottish Life, Scottish Widows, Standard Life
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Everything you wanted to know about the AE Common Data Standard (in 500 words)
What’s the point? There are around 30 pension providers an employer can choose to set up their workplace pension and around 40 further providers who will convert their existing workplace pension into a scheme that qualifies for workplace pension. … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, leadership, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Retirement
Tagged Andy Agethangelou, auto enrolment, Business, Capacity crunch, common data standard, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Financial services, FofAE, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, PAPDIS, Pension new, pensions, Retirement
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Why IFA’s have nothing to fear and everything to gain!
This morning I am chairing Money Marketing’s AE Invitational in Swindon. These will be my opening comments to the audience of invited IFAs who I’m looking forward to spending the morning with. ” When I started selling insurance, … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Politics
Tagged AE Invitational, auto enrolment, Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, De Vere Hotels, DWP, Employment, Friendly Pensions, Guidance, IFA, money marketing, pension, Pension new, pensions, People's Pension, Retirement, Sage, Standar Life, Steve Webb, Swindon
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I’ve just been (pension) geeked!
Yesterday, as you probably weren’t aware, was national pension awareness day. I tried to tell you in my Pension Play Pen weekly announcement but did you engage? I thought not September 15th was decreed so by the Pension Geeks among whom … Continue reading
Posted in club pension, pensions
Tagged Business, Employment, Jonathan Bland, pension, Pension Geeks, Pension new, pension playpen, People's Pension, Ralph Turner, YouTube
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Making sense of the Budget’s Pension Changes
Everyone knows that the changes in the taxation of pensions announced in the budget and now working their way into law – are going to make a big difference. But just how will they affect you and what can you … Continue reading
Posted in Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Budget, Budget14, Business, Business and Economy, Chancellor, corporate risk, dc pensions, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Tax
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How much should I spend on retirement?
People get frightened by this question – they shouldn’t! The simple answer is that we all pay into a national pension scheme through national insurance and you can find out what you’re likely to get from the State we completing … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Debt, journalism, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Actuarial science, Afford, annuity, Contribute, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Pay, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Save, Spend
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A beginner’s guide to annuities
Annuities haven’t got a very good name at the moment. They are blamed for many problems which are not their fault. One problem with annuities is that most people don’t understand them! Another problem with annuities is that people have … Continue reading
Auto-enrolment – matching payrolls to pensions.
The big payroll/pension issue There are, according to one payroll software development we have spoken to, 42 separate interfaces between payroll and HR and the various workplace pension providers. Not all payrolls are prepared to build processes to accommodate each … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, Payroll, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Actuarial science, AMC, auto enrolment, corporate governance, corporate risk
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