Monthly Archives: July 2017
If you don’t think women can’t win, you haven’t been watching the cricket!
The wonderful series “the women’s cricket world cup” , culminated in a sell-out thriller at Lords on Sunday. It even had the Tapper family turning off the golf! Back in the day, I liked to listen to the Au Pairs … Continue reading
What can men do to reduce gender pay inequality?
For a start they can stop “welcoming this discussion” and blathering other related clichés! If men welcomed a serious discussion on gender pay equality, we’d have been having them regularly since equal pay for both gender (for the same job) became … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, Biology, Equality, Female, Gender Pay, male, Reporting
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Clarification needed on CETV volumes.
The FT published a number yesterday – £100 million. It is the amount that pensions administrator JLT are paying out in transfer values every month. It looks a large number. Mischievously I suggested that might be revenue to JLT rather than the … Continue reading
Is the mood music on DB transfers changing?
The irrational exuberance that characterised the FT’s pension transfer seminar in the spring may have marked a high-water mark in the rush to liberate. Martin Woolf and Merryn Somerset-Webb urged us to take our pension in our own hands (or … Continue reading
It’s just not cricket – (that’s why we love it!)
I love cricket, played it very badly and still enjoy a bit of umpiring and scoring. I am a very hands-off cricket fan. That all changed last night when I sat on the Oval terraces and watched Surrey and Middlesex … Continue reading
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Tagged cricket, Kia, Middlesex, Oval, Surrey, SurreyBlast, Twenty Twenty
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An actuary friend of mine writes to me If we adjust the State Pension Age ahead of time, then it depends on assumptions for future improvement – (as adjustments follow a formula). And right now as you know … Continue reading
Radio times!
I’m really keen that more people spread the word about pension. One of the ways to do this is to do it yourself. I appreciate that many who read this will not have the independence that I enjoy (thanks to … Continue reading
Fair, right or honest? The new State Pension Age for Generation Y
If you were born between April 6th 1970 and April 5th 1978 and between 39 and 47, this affects you. You have just slipped one year back from your state retirement age, have another year’s National Insurance Contributions to pay … Continue reading
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Why should employers give a damn about their staff’s retirement welfare?
It’s a straight question, a fair question and one that takes John Ralfe to ask! Why does an employer have any responsibility for employee’s financial future? https://t.co/6J7R6zdaqO — John Ralfe (@JohnRalfe1) July 17, 2017 In our subsequent conversation I introduce … Continue reading
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How do you annoy a wealth manager?
Question; how do you annoy a wealth manager? Answer; ask him about his fund supermarket. It may offend your local wealth manager (aka IFA) but that’s what Reuters call these funds platforms the FCA are investigating and if you believe Platforum, … Continue reading