Monthly Archives: September 2014
Fear of feedback
Everyone knows what social media does. For every blog there are comments, every forum has its threads, some twitter conversations last for weeks. It is the interaction between author and reader that makes it distinctive. The “Letter in the Times” … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, social media, Start ups, twitter
Tagged Business, database, DWP, Employment, Facebook, fail, Feedback, Financial services, Government, like, pension, Pension new, social media, trip advisor, twitter
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I was so much older then (I’m younger than that now)
Thank goodness for kids- kid journalists for a start. There is a gang on young journos who actually give a damn about the pensions they are in and are prepared to engage and educate themselves about what makes for a … Continue reading
Safe, stable, regular and for life
I had lunch with Mr Sipp yesterday. Mr Sipp is John Moret and he has done more to pioneer the new pension freedoms than anyone else. I think the dodgy curry and glass of house white I bought him scant … Continue reading
Posted in annuity
Tagged annuity, Drawdown, fleixible drawdown, Flumps, Guidance, Guidance Framework, Income, Old age
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Post budget capacity challenge for insurers
Scottish Widows boss Toby Strauss has told the Telegraph that his company is already facing a capacity crunch as it digests the impact of legislative changes over the past two years and faces the challenges of 2015. The … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, brand, pensions
Tagged ABI, annuity, Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, first actuarial, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement, Scottish Widows, Society, Strategy, the Telegraph, toby strauss
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“Educated beyond their intelligence”
Denis Skinner’s recent gibe at Tory Ministers ,and George Osborne in particular, is brilliant (even if the phrase was coined by another). For me- it will be a defining epithet for the coalition- it sums up the best and worst … Continue reading
So how am I preparing my finances for retirement?
The question, I got asked the other days was what I was doing for myself – rather than what I’m telling others to do – as I prepare for retirement. In summary-I am adopting a wait and see strategy. … Continue reading
Posted in pension playpen, pensions
Tagged advice, annuity, CDC, Guidance, lady lucy, Lifestyle, NEST, pensions, Retirement, social media
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More thoughts on the future of the Pensions Regulator.
Yesterday , Professional Pensions advertised my blog “two into one can go” under the more contentious headline “why tPR has had its day“. I’ve given Jack Jones editorial licence and the headline’s fine with me. It was a bad … Continue reading
Posted in FCA, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Brighton, Business, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, FCA, Financial services, IGC, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regualtor, Retirement, Steve Webb, TPR
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Three things I learned from Pitch Boot Camp
1. I am getting old 2. I am rubbish at pitching 3. Micros may be pension ignorami but they want to learn! Thanks for all the kind wishes to me , Andy Walker and the Pension PlayPen as we … Continue reading
Two into one will go!
Steve Webb’s admission that we need a single regulator is a sign of his strength . It takes guts to admit you’ve been wrong for four and a half years! I’d come to the same conclusion myself reckoning;- That the geographic split between Brighton … Continue reading
A tale of two Cities
Have you ever turned up at a place and realised you shouldn’t be there – but stayed anyway just to see what it was like? That’s what happened to me yesterday. I went to an event about … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, Blogging, London, Treasury, welfare
Tagged Bankers, Banking, Boris Johnson, Business, City of London, Employment, England, Eversheds, London, Mark Boleat, Poverty, Will Hutton
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