Monthly Archives: May 2015
Andy and Christy – a transatlantic romance
One of the reasons for speaking last week in New York was to see my friend Andy and his fiancee Christy together. They met in a nightclub and fell in love, Christy is a talented dress-designer and Andy is the … Continue reading
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Tagged 34th Street, Andy, Andy Walker, Business, Central Park, Christy, friend Andy, Hi-line, New York, pension playpen, pensions, Technical Officer
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I smell a (pensions) rat – what can I do?
An advert appeared yesterday on the Pension Play Pen Linked In Group.. If you’re in our Group, you can see it here The organisation – Save My Pension is offering a “route to market” with the message from its Director Danny Smith … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, alternative investment, Employment, Financial services, Fraud, Gallium, Guidance, Investing, Investment, Investment management, liberation, occupational pension scheme, Pension Liberation, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pension scheme, Retirement, route to market, Scam
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Pot follows nanny?
The debate on auto-enrolling nannies into workplace pensions is being called #Nannygate. The FT have quoted Anne-Marie O’Leary of Netmum as saying nannies and their bosses are in “a state of near panic” at the prospect of enrolling Nannygate has even drawn a letter … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Employment, nanny, nannytax, National Employment Savings Trust, PAPDIS, Payroll, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Pot follows member, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Tax
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Auto-enrolment – who really pays?
Pensions Minister Ros Altmann has written a letter to The Times, showing her disappointment to an article published that negatively covered the issue of families having to pay their nanny pensions, because of auto-enrolment. In her response, Altmann said she … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, automatic enrolment, Business, Employment, Financial services, mumsnet, nannies, nannytax, netmums, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann
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If it’s not in the price- I’m not paying it.
All week I have been beset by those nasty little extras that add up. On Norwegian Airlines everything is extra, water, food , headsets , blankets – the duty free is more expensive than Tescos. It costs $50 to put … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate governance, Cost, disclosure, governance, Transparency, Value for Money, VAT
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The view from the other side of the pond.
It’s been glorious in New York. Here’s Andy Walker (Pension PlayPen’s genius designer) and me, enjoying a craft beer above the high line (note the Empire State building behind us!) I wouldn’t like anyone to think that drinking beer was all … Continue reading
The land of the (pension) free
As I cleared immigration this morning, the chap charged with checking my travel authorisation asked me.. “so how are we doing over here?” I looked blankly.. “it says here you’re a pension consultant – how we doing?” To the … Continue reading
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Tagged dc, Happiness, land of the free, My way, New York, pension freedom, USA, Wealth
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Who’s risk is it anyway? How Canada and Britain are dumping pension risk
I’m off to Manhattan to talk to a couple of hundred Canadian pension experts. This is broadly what is going to be said, I’ll be sharing the stage with a couple of Canadian pension experts and (if you open the presentation), … Continue reading
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Tagged ageing, auto enrolment, Britain, Canada, CDC, dc pensions, de-risking, Pension Risk, pension.pensions, re-risking, Risk
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First we take Manhattan…
Canada bores me. I have only two cultural references for the place, Supertramp – (the band that drove me to punk in the 1970s) and South Park the movie which urges Americans to “blame Canada, they’re not even a real country anyway”. I know … Continue reading