Monthly Archives: July 2016
BREXIT – big business hysteria has to stop – Stephen Kelly – Sage.
The tale of Chicken Little was a Kelly bedtime story favourite – and in recent days in post-referendum Britain, some of our leaders seem to have taken a lead from the famous farmyard fable. In the story, Chicken Little … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, chicken Little, Economy, EU, June 23rd, Sage, SME, Stephen Kelly
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Tactical transparency from the Investment Association
Professional Pensions reports that the Investment Association (IA) have appointed senior pension figures to advise the it on a new disclosure code for investment costs. Helen Morrisey, the paper’s editor is optimistic I’m sure the process will be challenging but … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Daniel Godfrey, DWP, FCA, IA, Investment Association, pension, TPR, Transaction costs, Transparency, Transparency Task Force, Treasury
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Henley Royal Regatta – Warren Muggleton’s take
As some readers will know, the Pension PlayPen was on the river last week, including a day with the Muggletons! Warren (pictured in the blue blazer), is a budding sports journalist so I’m pleased to feature this account of his Henley. … Continue reading
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Tagged Canford, Eton, Euros, France, Henley, Henley Royal Regatta, Wales, Warren Wuggleton, Wimbledon
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Occupational means occupational – (what we can learn from scams)
Scammers beware, we are aware! July is scams awareness month and the Citizens Advice Bureau is leading the charge. The Pensions Regulator is not far behind with its promotional campaign. The scorpion is never far away. It’s very much up … Continue reading
Property , liquidity and the merit of doing nothing
News that Standard Life , M&G (the Pru) and Aviva have put up the shutters on their property funds is dominating the headlines. We are used to being able to move our money around the market with “impunity”. I put … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Aviva, M&G, Prudential, Saving, Standard Life, wealth management
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Brexit not AExit
Disruption of auto-enrolment happened way before the recent referendum and is set to continue as one of the many unintended consequences of a leave vote. The ambitious legislative reforms put in place by the coalition’s pension minister Steve Webb … Continue reading
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Tagged Aexit, autoenrolment, Brexit, Brexit AExit Pensions, Business, DWP, Government, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Treasury
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Women rock
It should come as no surprise to anybody that the two leading candidates for our next prime minister are women. Leadsom and May have survived the BREXIT disaster with their dignity intact and integrity intact. I would have no worries … Continue reading
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Tagged andrea leadsom, Angela Rayner, Business, pensions, Politics, rock, Theresa May, women, women rock
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Entrepreneurs need leadership, not political personality contests- guest blog from Stephen Kelly
In recent days, it has felt alarmingly like our political leaders have left the pitch. With the Government and the Opposition both agonising over leadership contests and underground coups, a worrying narrative has started to creep in. Scaremongering, talking down the economy, … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, corporation tax, entrepreneurs, Sage, SMEs, Stephen Kelly
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Back to business
It will be interesting, when the Pensions Regulator comes to publish its statistics, to see whether the past few days will represent a downward spike in engagement over auto-enrolment. Certainly our stats at Pension PlayPen suggest that less decisions … Continue reading
The great austerity experiment is over
Tucked away on my news feed is a report of a speech made in Manchester by the architect of “austerity”, George Osborne. For those of us who have enjoyed the prosperity that our economic recovery has brought, austerity may seem … Continue reading