Monthly Archives: July 2015
Helen Dean – the right person for the NEST top job.
Helen Dean’s appointment as the new CEO of NEST , seems to have been greeted with a stifled yawn by the Pensions Press. Helen has the lowest of profiles, no social media presence, hardly a speaking engagement and a declaration … Continue reading
Posted in NEST, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Personal Accounts
Tagged AE, art of pensions, auto enrolment, Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Helen Dean, Lesley Titcombe, Minister, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann
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The FofAE Choices Taskforce – what we’re about!
Vision Every employer staging auto-enrolment will be able to demonstrate they have taken reasonable steps to make an informed choice over their workplace pension. Objectives To ensure that employers are aware that they have a duty to choose a suitable … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, choices, FofAE, Friends of Auto-Enrolment, workplace Pensions
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How interoperable are you?
One of the Friends of Auto-Enrolment’s groups is called the interoperability task-force. I think Andy Agethangelou makes these names up so his name seems short by comparison. “Interoperability” is a concept I haven’t come across before, but like a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Andy Agethangelou, auto enrolment, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, FofAE, Friends of Auto-Enrolment, interoperability, interoperable, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, the Friends of Auto-Enrolment
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Has Greece’s cloud got a silver lining? – Guest blog from Ralph Frank
The current situation in Greece presents a host of challenges to the global economy and related financial markets as well as the participants therein, including savers. The uncertainty arising from the situation and the potential consequences thereof has many parties … Continue reading
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The Regulator makes it easier for micro-employers to auto-enrol
Charles Counsell spoke at the Regulator’s provider conference on Tuesday (30th June). These are my notes of what he said and there may be some minor inconsistencies. I hope to post a slide-share link to his slides when they are … Continue reading
Auto-enrolment – a job worth doing?
Ask yourself a question – is the Government changed its mind and stopped the auto-enrolment program at the end of the year – how would you feel? I expect that there would be a mixed bag of reactions Outrage from … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Government officials, Payroll, payroll professional body, pension, pensions, Ros Altmann
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