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Monthly Archives: September 2018
Should Government play “fantasy pensions”?
What should we make of reports in the Daily Telegraph that our Pensions Minister, Guy Opperman, is meeting with pension experts to consider a system where a workplace pension could follow the employee, rather than employees joining new plans … Continue reading
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Tagged Dashboard, Kate Upcraft, pensions, Pensions Regulator
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The Garden of pension delights!
Occasionally I should allow this blog to publish a vision of what pensions should be, rather than what they are – at least to justify it’s title! Here is my garden of pension delights , a place filled with the intoxicating … Continue reading
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Al Rush – Chive – Pension Debate III
If you haven’t read Natalie Holt’s portrait of Al Rush, I suggest you take two minutes out of your day and read it now. Here is the link. The article gets to the heart of the man and his reason … Continue reading
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Moving on – age is no barrier!
Here’s my Mum on a crisp September afternoon in Shaftesbury North Dorset. The window looks in on the room where I was conceived over 57 years ago. Not much changes for my mother! Something that changed earlier this year, was … Continue reading
“Pentech” needs to lead or the dashboard won’t work
The dichotomy between old and new skool pensions has rarely been so well displayed as at Wednesday’s Pension Dashboard Summit Enterprise v Start -up Consumer led v business case Big Government v entrepreneurs ABI v open banking Saving v Spending Prospective v … Continue reading
Pension PlayPen lunch – dashboard- for consumers or the industry?
Pension Play Pen lunch – Monday 1st October; 12 for 12.30 Counting House http://www.the-counting-house.com “Is the prototype pension dashboard really for consumers or is it a new business tool for pension providers?” The debate recommences! Come and have your say, speak to those in Fintech … Continue reading
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Pensions dashboard – for the consumer or the industry?
Yesterday I suggested that the Pensions Dashboard Summit being held in London was likely to be “feisty” – it was. The organisers chose to put the event under Chatham House rules, as if a debate about transparency can … Continue reading
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Tagged chris sier, Gregg McClymont, McClymont, Pension Dashboard, pensions
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Discount Rates and DB Pension Scheme Valuation: A history lesson from Con Keating
The question most frequently asked – “what discount rate should be used for valuing the liabilities of pension schemes?” – is problematic. Surprisingly, academics and practitioners have spilled gallons of ink, and exchanged more than a few uncivil words debating … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, DB pensions, Discount rates, liabilities, pensions
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#pensionsdashboardsummit – it could be feisty!
I’ll be off on a Boris Bike to Marble Arch in a moment to the Pension Dashboard Summit at the Arum Hotel. From the opening session , which pitches Chris Sier together with L&G supremo Chris Clarke, this looks … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensiondashboardsummit, API, CMA, Dashboard, DWP, pension, Pension Dashboard, pensions
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Millennials! stand up for your future.
There weren’t many people at the Pension Management Institute’s event last night But it was an important meeting nonetheless There is a little group of pension professionals under the age of 40 who could grow. They want to have a … Continue reading
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Tagged internet, Iona Bain, Millenial Hall of Fame, Millenials, NextGen, pensions, Technology, WordPress
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