Monthly Archives: March 2015
Keeping pensions “in balance”.
Occasionally an article I publish on here hits a raw nerve and a missive is sent to someone at my company naming me and trying to shame me. Thankfully, my company is familiar with how social media and accepts that staff who care, have … Continue reading
Time for payroll to take on pension management?
When I look into my crystal ball, I see three changes to the way that pensions are going to be managed within companies going forward. The old high maintenance approach will fall away as pension providers streamline their processes and … Continue reading
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Tagged adviser, auto enrolment, Business, Employment, Payroll, pension, Pension new, Pension Regulator, pensions, Provider, Retirement, Service provider
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5 good reasons we need a secondary annuity market
I returned from a long walk this morning to a barrage of negativity on twitter. The outrage of the pensions twitterati was reserved for the Government’s pre-budget leak that people will be able to buy and sell annuities as if … Continue reading
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Tagged annuities, annuity, annuity income, annuity market, bulk annuities, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Financial services, George Osborne, Government, Insurers, National Employment Savings Trust, Norris Cole, pension, Pension new, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Ramsay Clegg, Retirement, Steve Webb
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Dissemblance and dissolution
Britain’s most famous advert was produced by Ridley Scott for Hovis, it put my town Shaftesbury on the map for many people. A fake Hovis loaf still sits at the top of Gold Hill up which the young … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Matisse cut-outs, pensions
Tagged Gold Hill, Government, Hockney, LGPS, pensions, Shaftesbury, St edward king and martyr
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Who’ll win this Pension Referendum?
Who’ll win this Pension Referendum?.
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St Rumwold – we need another miracle!
The patron Saint of Cann and Melbury Abbas is St Rumbold (Rumwold), a curious Saint who only lived 3 days , dying after delivering a sermon on the Trinity while barely out of the womb. His memory was besmirched by fraudulent … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, journalism, London
Tagged A350, Boxley Abbey, C13, Cann, Council Tax, Dinah's Hollow, Dorset, Dorset County Council, EU, Europe, LGPS, Local Government Pension Scheme, Melbury Abbas, North Dorset, North Dorset District Council, pensions, Spetisbury, St Rumbold, St Rumwold
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It’s all about Steve Webb – stupid!
Pensions Question Time at the PPI Last night the Pension Policy Institute held a meeting to discuss the impact of next week’s budget on pensions. Expertly chaired by Paul Lewis, it turned out to be a meeting demonstrating the paucity … Continue reading
Three cheers for the Pension Schemes Act 2015
As I understand it, those involved in getting the Pension Schemes Act 2015 had a little party last night. They deserved a drink on the nation. So Jo Clease and Ronan O’Connor and Charlotte Clarke and everyone else in getting … Continue reading
An escape plan for pensioners or pension schemes?
Collectively we are short on immortality Continue reading
£40m takes a running jump – Cheltenham’s champions day
I’m not quite sure about Champion’s Day 2015. Was I dreaming, did Annie Power really jump a shadow and cost Ireland half it’s GDP in a single stride? I was there, by the fence, I was on , tipped at … Continue reading
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