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Monthly Archives: December 2014
The year pensions became real again
Pensions – real money Pension money is real money. It belongs to real people and is used to pay real bills, putting fuel into cars, buying flowers in supermarkets and paying for tickets to watch shows and sports matches. … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Linkedin, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Personality
Tagged Basic State Pension, Business, DWP, Employment, Financial services, George Osborne, National Employment Savings Trust, National Insurance, national insurance contributions, pension, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pension playpen, pension rights, pensions, Retirement, stakeholder pensions, state pension, Steve Webb
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How to create sustainable regulation of workplace pensions
I am not a lawyer, if you want to read a learned discussion on the impact of the various forms of regulation that could apply to financial services, if you want to explore the theory. I suggest you read this … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, f, FCA, Financial services, pension playpen, regulation, Retirement, Steve Webb, TPR, workplace Pensions
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Mourinho – The art of the rant
Jose Mourinho has put himself in a happy position. No matter how outrageous his contentions, they have a positive impact. The press hang on his every word, the people who buy papers and watch television feel the passion and … Continue reading
Who wants change? Who wants to change?
Pension Freedoms is not about people doing exactly what you want them to. It is about allowing people to do exactly what they want to do. Yesterday I commended the Aon DC member survey to anyone prepared to submit … Continue reading
Hope yet for AonHewitt
I oughtn’t to like Aon. Weirdly I do;- but in the kind of way that google likes the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Aon is an American owned consultancy that feeds the insatiable maw of Man United, it is becoming a fiduciary manager … Continue reading
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Tagged Aon, aonhewitt, Basic State Pension, CDC, Pension Freedoms, Yeovil Town, YTFC
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Fulfilment
In 2015, I expect to hear a new word entering our pension lexicon – “fulfilment”. It’s an odd word, I prefer it’s more general sense that conveys “delivery on a promise” but in the narrower context of “order fulfilment”. it’s the … Continue reading
What you want and what you get- Happy Christmas!
Because it is early on Christmas morning I should start by saying happy Christmas. I am not in bed because I have a code and have been listening to Jane Garvey talking about the changing way we listen to radio. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear, Christmas, Christmas Day, Financial services, Golf, Jane Garvey, pension, pension playpen, Radio 5, Victoria Derbyshire
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The trumpeter’s tale
I met a man at a party last night. He played the trumpet- he is a professional trumpeter. He never went to college and he told me he is now 67. He asked me what I did and when I … Continue reading
Why I’m encouraging civil disobedience!
I’ve been spending a little time catching up on the Pension Regulator’s website- well it is Christmas after all. I’ve come across this. It’s a guide to employers on how they should talk to their staff about pensions. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, employer, Employment, Insurance, pension, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, The Pension Regulator, worker
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Beware the vanity master trust
Hardly a week goes by without a request to research another vertically integrated master trust for inclusion on the list of employer choices offered on http://www.pensionplaypen.com . It is harder to name an actuarial practice or employee benefit consultant that … Continue reading
