Monthly Archives: February 2018
Could this letter have opened the lecture- room door to a pension settlement?
This letter needs to be read carefully. CDC is carefully positioned as one of a number of options available to improve benefits to staff. It would be in practice an upgrade to the existing DC scheme in place and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alastair Jarvis, CDC, Dame Janet Beer, pensions, strike, UCU, USS
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Royal Mail CDC – proof of concept or the real deal?
I am always amazed at the churlishness of the pension industry towards innovation. Here’s John Lawson suggesting that the Royal Mail should be spending £400m a year to satisfy his curiosity. I’d quite like one or two schemes to try … Continue reading
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Tagged Aviva, CDC, John Lawson, pension, pensions, Plan, Royal Mail
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The rotten boroughs of the Isis and the Fens – Mike Otsuka
On the implausibility of the Registrar’s denial of disproportionate Oxbridge influence In an article in the Guardian entitled ‘Universities strike blamed on vote by Oxbridge colleges’, Richard Adams reports that “the employers’ backing” of “policies resulting in the harsh cuts” … Continue reading
A good day for pensions, a good day for the DC upgrade.
We will know we have a solution when we don’t need guns. Overnight I heard the President of the United States deliver his solution to the gun crisis in American schools. To prevent more mass shootings, Donald Trump suggested that American teachers … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, DC upgrade, Frank Field, pensions, risk sharing, Royal Mail, Work and Pensions Select
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As Universities prepare for a strike, teachers try to limit the damage
This morning I’m publishing two blogs, one from Mike Otsuka which looks at tomorrow’s strike by University Staff from an economic perspective, mine looking at the human aspects of the strike. . Here are two emails from teachers in the … Continue reading
The role of Cambridge Colleges in the University teacher’s strike
This article by Mike Otsuka, is designed to be read together with my blog on the emotional intelligence of the teaching staff at Girton College Cambridge. Mike’s article has been widely read and quoted around Cambridge (this is how the … Continue reading
Why insurance isn’t always right.
This is an article in preparation for publication; thoughts on it, especially from insurers would be very welcome. In it, I argue that insured solutions are not always right for us – in our retirement savings and that insurance companies … Continue reading
Why are university staff going on strike?
My son has started sending me the announcements he’s been getting from his University about impending strike. He’s at one of two Universities who have been leading the charge amongst employers calling for an end to DB accrual in … Continue reading
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Tagged pensions, Royal Mail, Stuart Croft, UCU, USS, UUK, Warwick
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“The Ship has sailed” – Con Keating on the Society of Pension Professionals CDC submission
On Saturday, on Radio 4’s Money Box programme, Hugh Nolan of the Society of Pension Professionals expressed the view that the “ship had sailed” for CDC pensions, and proceeded into the tired and repetitive narrative that it is too late … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Con Keating, DB, dc, Hugh Nolan, pensions, ship has sailed
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I still want to be paid when I retire!
Have you been watching the DWP’s recent television articles – the ones that ask you to get to know your workplace pension? I want to know what bit of my workplace pension is the “pension”! The dictionary describes a … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, DWP, woprkplace pension, you work, your pension works
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