Monthly Archives: November 2014
Am I being unfairly targeted?
It was all going so well. We’d had a great day working and a great night playing and we’d made it back to chalet 147 at Center parks and were tucked up in bed. But one of our company us was … Continue reading
How to have fun without breaking the bank
Well you wouldn’t have thought that the newly opened Center Parcs near Woburn would afford 200 actuaries and pension geeks a good time. But you’d be reckoning without the child within that drives First Actuarial at work and play. The … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, CDC, Center Parcs, monkey league, pension playpen
Tagged Alan Smith, CDC, Centre Parcs, Derek Benstead, first actuarial, Hilary Salt, Mark Riches, pension playpen, Peter Shellswell, Woburn
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10 reasons why I’m proud to work for @firstactuarial
No wonder we’ve been nominated as Actuarial Employer of the Year. Wouldn’t you rather be working for us? Continue reading
Freedom and choice – travelling in opposite directions, on the same journey or simply an accident waiting to happen?
This is another brilliant blog by the caustic insightful and very clever Ralph Frank, v 1.0 went out without an acknowledgement to Ralph-a Pension Plowman cock-up! The mantra of ‘freedom and choice’ has been in the forefront of the changes … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Financial services, Freedom, Government, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
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How to pay a consultant.
Why this is on my mind Today I’m speaking at a conference for pension consultants which is supposed to be exploring the opportunities for them and for their clients. Looking at their agenda, there is an obvious issue missing “how … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, consultant, pensions, reward
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Consultant, Employment, Feedback, Insurance, Investing, Pay, pensions, Retirement, reward, United States
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Advertising UCIS on Linked In?
I have received an unsolicited email on Linked in I hope you are well. We have a limited opportunity for your client’s to invest in a UK Eco Park Corporate Bond for a 15 month period with a guaranteed interest payment … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, blogger, Business, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Government, linkedin, pensions, Retirement, SASS, Scam, SIPP
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Steve Webb – a new model politician?
Let me declare an interest, I am a Liberal, born into a Liberal family in a part of the world where Liberalism is the natural opposition to conservatism. Steve Webb is from that part of the world, his … Continue reading
The language of trust..Pension Play Pen Lunch- Monday
The Pension Play Pen lunch on Monday (Nov 3rd) will be led by Mark Scantlebury of Quietroom and will discuss the language of trust. The point of the Pension Play Pen Linked in group is to get nearly 6000 people … Continue reading
“To meet the needs of those in the middle” – what pension consultancy should be about!
The Advert On Tuesday I am sitting on a panel with good friends; Otto Thoresen, author of the Thoresen report; Mathew Arends, Partner at Aon Hewitt, Duncan Buchanan president of the Society of Pension Consultants. The session will be chaired … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, defined ambition, drawdown, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged annuity, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement
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Parliament debates CDC -with a twist in the tail!
If you are generally interested in the way Britain will develop private pensions in the next twenty years, I would strongly recommend watching the two sessions of the General Committee reading the Pension Schemes Bill, The link to the video … Continue reading