Monthly Archives: December 2017
A tale so sad I cried writing it down
One year on and I’m spending Christmas with my family. Crisis are doing the great things they do every year.
Five Christmas Crackers from the Pension PlayPen!
Merry Christmas readers. I bring you news! Nightmare. I was dreading this happening. Happy Christmas, everyone. pic.twitter.com/M2nqF6Epca — Al Rush (@RAF_IFA) December 24, 2017 Plan B Here are five Christmas Crackers to discuss round the tree while you’re waiting … Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, CETV, Christmas, Christmas Cracker, pensions, Peppa Pig, Trasnsfer
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Fairy tale of Taibach
T’was Christmas Evening , in Port Talbot An old prop said to me, “here’s my CETV” And so he sat me down, “a Brains for me and you?” He could see a better world, where all his dreams came true … Continue reading
10 best read blog posts of 2017
In search order Why some transfer values are ridiculously high? 2017 was a year when the cash equivalent transfer value became fashionable again. When we look back at what CETVs have done to Defined Benefit pensions over the past 24 months, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Henry Tapper blog, pensions
Tagged Blog, blogger, CDC, DB, henry tapper, pensions, Technology
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Opting back into a pension scheme?!?
One of the uses of a CDC scheme could be to allow people who have opted out of a DB plan – to opt back into a scheme which pays them a wage for life – albeit one that isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, CDC, pensions
Tagged BSPS, CARE, CDC, NHS, Old age, pension, pensions, Retirement, tata, Wage for life
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Leave DB – we need proper DC
I don’t care if you fall it CDC, target pensions or “proper DC” as I call it in the title. What we need is an opportunity for everyone who has saved in a retirement plan to be paid a wage … Continue reading
Solving problems – with some Christmas cheer!
Time to Choose Today is the last day of Time to Choose, if you have not made your election and you are a member of BSPS, send off your option form today. That it is dated 22nd December and posted … Continue reading
When does “creative disruption” become “scaremongering”?
It’s an important question to anyone who is involved with the BSPS. Today is the penultimate of Time to Choose, over the past week, the main job has been to encourage those who have not made an active choice, to … Continue reading
What is CDC and does it matter?
Collective Defined Contribution Schemes (CDC) are back in the news. There are two reasons for this The Workplace and Pensions Committee have set up an enquiry into CDC Royal Mail and the CWU intend to move to a CDC basis … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, dc pensions, de-risking, defined ambition, pensions
Tagged CDC, dc, Defined Ambition, pensions, risk sharing
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Here error is all in the not done, all in the diffidence that faltered . . .
Our Chair @frankfieldteam is demanding an explanation of Celtic Wealth & Active Wealth’s roles in BSPS transfers https://t.co/1F7Db7OAT5 Watch an expert witness who was happy to give evidence last week explain the golden rule for gold-plated final salary pension transfer … Continue reading
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