Monthly Archives: February 2017
Brexit sets our pensions free!
We are where we are; Brexit is changing things. Brexit is a disruptor of old certainties and a bringer of new opportunities. The pensions and savings industry has grown fat on the old certainties but is now being confronted by populist … Continue reading
The tale of the “scammed”
This is the testimony of one victim of a pension scam. I cannot verify whether every aspect is true, but it is not the work of a vindictive person. It has been written to help trustees of pension schemes to … Continue reading
Is there any “challenge” to this Pension Dashboard?
I was invited yesterday to the Treasury’s “Challenge Panel” , held to discuss the proposals for the pensions dashboard, a prototype of which will emerge next month. Actually, I wasn’t invited – I went in someone else’s place. I went … Continue reading
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Tagged ABI, challenge panel, Empowerment, HM Treasury, Pension Dashboard, Pension Freedoms, Treasury
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Trouble at till …Tesco’s pricing problems are a lesson to us all!
Something’s wrong at Tesco when the offers you see on the shelves don’t show up on your bill. The BBC went shopping and in 33 of 50 stores visited, multi-buy promotions were marked on the shelf, but the time-limited discounts were not … Continue reading
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Tagged Asset market study, FCA, master trusts, pensions, Tescos, Trouble at till, workplace Pensions
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Time for the pension nimbys to pipe down
The law as it will be from this April will mean that people who choose to enjoy part of their pension freedoms while earning will have pension tax relief limited to the first £4,000 of their annual contributions. The … Continue reading
John Ralfe, Ros Altmann and the cost of central heating.
John Ralfe kindly promoted my article on the lack of diversity in the AE review. The AE review and the pension stitch up. https://t.co/8585n7hOEL via @henryhtapper is spot on — John Ralfe (@JohnRalfe1) February 11, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Responsible John By … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged Bonds, CDC, central heating, equities, John Ralfe, pensioner poverty, Ros Altmann
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Narrowing the range of thought…
I get back from a few days in the North East to this headline in Corporate Adviser First Actuarial versus the world: DB’s glass half full or half empty? (you can read the article on the link at the bottom) … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Cowling, corporate adviser, Deficit, Fab Index, FABI, Funding, JLT, John Ralfe, Mercer, pensions, ppf
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Customer care, how pensions can learn from payroll (and Newcastle!)
Steve Cram – what a guy @Cintrapayroll thx for a great day! pic.twitter.com/MPi7BmmD0x — Pension Plowman (@henryhtapper) February 9, 2017 Cue Cintra Steve Cram, closing the Cintra user event on Thursday, remarked that it was unusual to find every table … Continue reading
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Tagged Cintra, IRIS, Moneysoft, Payroll, Payroll World, Qtac, Sage, Star, workplace Pensions
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Small employers need a voice in the AE review
Yesterday I reported on the male hegemony of the three chairs of the advisory groups for the Automatic Review. There is a little diversity in the composition of the rest of the group. It’s comforting to see familiar names who … Continue reading
The AE review and the pension stitch up.
7 years on from our last review, auto-enrolment is back under the microscope and the Government has published some questions they’d like answering**. They’d have more chance in getting them properly answered if they put the matter in the hands … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Ian Holloway, Karen Thompson, Kate Upcraft, PLSA, ruston smith, Technology
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