Monthly Archives: May 2017
Pension scams; too little-too late?
News from the Serious Fraud Office that they are at last on to the gang of financial thugs behind Capita Oak and the network of related frauds, will come as scant comfort to those who have been robbed and … Continue reading
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Tagged Angie Brooks, Capita Oak, Pension Life, pensions, scams, SFO, TPR, Trafalgar
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DB pension heading for the PPF? – Read this!
Here are some things you didn’t know about the Pension Protection Fund (PPF). If you are in a pension scheme heading in that direction you should read this! While most people think it would be an unmitigated disaster to see … Continue reading
Posted in de-risking, pensions, workplace pensions
Tagged BHS, BSPS, ppf, tata, TPR, workplace
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Few choices , crap decisions
The People’s Pension and State Street are running a research project on the decisions people are taking with their “pension” pots. The study can be read by following the link at the bottom. It’s interesting as the 80 … Continue reading
Mrs May – where’s your sense of humour?
The most telling criticism of the U-turn over the dementia tax is that the Prime Minister has been robotic. She was robotic in Wales squawking “nothing has changed” like a Dalek and she was robotic with Andrew Neil. It is not … Continue reading
#terrorism has no race/religion.
When the IRA bombed #manchester people didn’t blame the Irish, yet are so quick to condemn Muslims/Islam, #terrorism has no race/religion. Jo Bishop (twitter) There is no lesson to be learned from senseless violence, much as we might … Continue reading
If you don’t know who’s paying, it’s probably you.
The last few days have seen a reality check on who’s paying for the long term care of our elderly. Now I read this morning a report by the Resolution Foundation on who’s paying for the deficit reduction plans … Continue reading
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Tagged CARE, DB pensions, Funding, Pension Funding, pensions, Social care, Victimless crim
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Falling out of love with the market.
The most startling thing about the conservative manifesto is that it advocates Government intervention as a way of improving those just about managing in Britain. This is a very different approach to that of previous Governments that relied on competition within markets. From labour markets, through energy, telecoms and pharma to financial services, the […]
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Tagged Conservative, FCA, free market, Government, market economy, regulation, TPR
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Falling out of love with the market.
The most startling thing about the conservative manifesto is that it advocates Government intervention as a way of improving those just about managing in Britain. This is a very different approach to that of previous Governments that relied on … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative, FCA, free market, Government, market economy, regulation, TPR
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My house is my health plan?
It is the one life event we don’t want to talk about. Shakespeare could only talk of it through the fool; Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, … Continue reading
Tory plans for pensions (with impressive opinions for boss/pub/partner)
Replace the current State Pension ‘Triple Lock’ with a new ‘Double Lock’ by 2020 – ensuring rises are in line with earnings or inflation. The ‘Triple Lock’ will be maintained until then. Frankly , most people didn’t expect triple-lock to … Continue reading