When only 8 to 15 mega-trusts dominate the entire defined contribution (DC) and LGPS landscape, peer-group risk may override manager…
This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…
Here's another way for a pension fund to get in the soup. https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-catholic-clergy-sex-abuse-scandal.html
I had earlier today read a medical research article reporting on a Japanese study that found that “supercentenarians” — those…
Monthly Archives: September 2016
Letting the side down
Despite being a supporter and previously a member of Surrey Cricket Club, I rarely watch my team. I watched a 20/20 against Glamorgan and yesterday I went to the 50 over final at Lords where a close result was expected … Continue reading
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Tagged Batty, Bears, Curran, Surrey, Trott, Warwickshire
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Innovate , collaborate, compete!
Last Wednesday I chaired a cracking debate over and around lunchtime of the LGIM DC Conference in London’s swanky Sheraton Hotel. There were three questions on the table Is regulation a spur or a hindrance to innovation? Do … Continue reading
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Tagged Collaborate, compete, competion, Conference, dc, Innovate, regulation
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Pension fury from Paul Lewis
It’s worth subscribing to Paul Lewis’ weekly Moneybox blog, delivered to your inbox on a Friday afternoon. This week’s mail addresses a central unfairness; those laying down the law on pensions are sorted , those they tell to “engage” – face “glacial” innovation from … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Haldane, Aviva, BOE, Business, Glacial, high charges, Paul Lewis, Pension Awareness Week, Pension Dashboard, Pension Geeks, pensions, progress, Providers, Retirement
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Pensions Awareness Day #PAD2016
Yesterday was Pensions Awareness Day. The Pension Plowman apologises to the Pensions Geeks for not shouting about it on this blog yesterday but those at Friends of Auto Enrolment yesterday afternoon wore the badges, those at the Payroll World … Continue reading
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Tagged #pad2016, Business, Geeks, Jonathan Bland, Liverpool, Pension Awareness Day, Pension Geeks, Rachel Parkinson, Scottish Widows
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Financial advice, master or menace?
Which came first, the need or the greed? Old Mutual Wealth (a company that owns one of Britain’s largest financial advice networks and is build a tied network) has commissioned a survey that tells us 90% of those between 30 … Continue reading
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Tagged Collaboration, competition, dc, FCA, financial advice, Master Menace, Menace, Old Mutual, Paul Feeney, pensions, regulation, Retirement, workplace
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Where next for pensions transparency?
As illegal drugs to your health so hidden charges to your finances Imagine that you were tasked to prevent drugs coming into this country. Would you ask the driver if he had drugs in his vehicle and wave him through … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, charges, costs, dc pensions, DWP, Government, hidden costs and charges, IA, Pension new, smuggling
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Pension dashboards and the art of saying nothing.
With a great deal of noise, the Government announced yesterday its intention to pilot a set of data standards with 11 pension providers; Aon Avivia B&CE LV HSBC NEST NOW Royal London Standard Life WTW Zurich The list is … Continue reading
Double Bill; dashboard+transparency
You wait a summer for the pension policy bus and then two come together! This morning’s the Treasury big reveal when they’ll be rolling out plans for the pension dashboard at Aviva’s Digital Garage in “trending Hoxton”. This afternoon’s the world’s … Continue reading
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Tagged agenda, Andy Agethangelou, Dashboard, digital, Events, Financial services, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Tom, trasparency, TTF
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The dangerous allure of positive feedback
I often wonder why opinion polls are so often wrong. I wonder every time they are wrong and that means every important election. My conclusion is that people tell others what they think is the “right answer” either out of … Continue reading
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Scottish teachers' pay increases, such as the recent multi-year agreement negotiated via the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) covering…