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: May 2017
Royal Mail’s pension; kick out the experts
A wage in retirement – not a dump of cash At the back end of last week, Royal Mail rejected the CWU’s proposal to establish a new defined benefit scheme designed to keep posties accruing a pension based on career … Continue reading
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Tagged actuaries, Cash balance, CWU, experts, Living wage, pensions, Posties, Royal Mail, Wage in retirement
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“How we’re paid” is top of #GE17 agenda
If there is a debate going on over who next Governs Britain, how we get paid – as workers and pensioners, is at the heart of it. BREXIT may be the most important political issue , but we are no … Continue reading
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Tagged #GE17, Field, Frank Field, gig-economy, May, Pay, pensions, Politics, Theresa May, uber
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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…