Monthly Archives: October 2016
Drawing Breath – how hard should Government nudge pension conts?
The auto-enrolment timeline is now halfway through staging – as the PPI’s FutureBook2 tells us. while coverage from workplace pensions is spreading, it is also thinning. Average contributions are lower than ever before and there are two worries; That … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, conservative party, DWP, Government, pensions, Technology
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The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth- (guest blog- Matthew Masters)
68% of us think that we’re better than average drivers, which means that at least 18% of us are mistaken. And does it come as a surprise that of that 68%, 61 out of every 100 are male? While I … Continue reading
Doesn’t “integrated risk management” set the bar askew?
The buzz phrase for those involved in DB pension management is “Integrated Risk Management” or IRM – if you want to sound familiar with these things. The phrase is a good one as it focuses trustee’s minds on what really … Continue reading
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Tagged defined benefit, Integrated risk management, IRM, pension reform, pensions, The Pensions Regulator, TPR
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Getting “generation rent” to save for later.
Matthew Vincent has some fun in the FT at the expense of the chin hairs, the Digital Garages and the “app’ll fix it” culture among pension strategists. You can read the fun here https://www.ft.com/content/2926e0ae-86ee-11e6-bcfc-debbef66f80e . (provided you’ve got your FT subs to … Continue reading
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Tagged ft, generation rent, ISA, LISA, Matthew Vincent, Millenials, pension reform, pensions, Retirement
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What do you mean “getting old”?
Hope I die before I get old Today’s my son goes up to Cambridge, just as I did 36 years ago. He’ll make his own way, I am off to France to watch the Arc de Triomphe. It feels … Continue reading