Monthly Archives: May 2019
AgeWage Seedrs round closes today (in our end is our beginning).
Today is the last day you will be able to invest in AgeWage (at the current price) on the Seedrs Platform. If you are a Direct Investor and wish to invest £5,000 or more, you can apply for shares using … Continue reading
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From Osborne to CDC
Take one; – macro-economics at BlackRock Yesterday was a day of wild cycle rides accross the streets of London to the offices of Aon, Alliance Bernstein and the palatial conference rooms of the Rosebury Hotel. I was in search of … Continue reading
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Why Hammond cannot scrap the pensions taper.
Very welcome response to the Chancellor on the impact of pension tax changes on the NHS. Will await the announcement from the Health Secretary with interest. Thanks to @TheBMA @nhsemployers @JosephineCumbo @goldstone_tony and so many others for helping me push … Continue reading
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British Steel – workplace pensions go missing
Maria Espadinha’s excellent article in the FT’s Advisor clarifies to financial advisers that were Greybull to go into administration, there would be no impact on the new BSPS. It’s a timely reminder as there will undoubtedly be increased vulnerability amongst traumatised … Continue reading
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Tagged BSPS, ft, FTadvisor, Greybull, Maria Espidhana, tata, workplace Pensions
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Five things that surprised me at the LawDeb Debate
And the results are in at the #LawDebDebate. An indicative vote versus the final result show a dramatic swing following the speakers taking to the stage pic.twitter.com/1EK1uxs9s6 — Law Debenture (@law_debenture) 20 May 2019 I didn’t go to my … Continue reading
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Tagged banking crisis, governance, law debenture, lawdeb, lawdebdebate, pensions
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MPs call the conflicts of contingent charging
FCA under renewed pressure from MPs to ban contingent charging for #pensions advice https://t.co/ET5dOtTcKI — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) May 16, 2019 This is good news. The pressure on the FCA to ban contingent charging for pension advice must continue. Because … Continue reading
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Tagged charging, Contingent, FCA, jo cumbo, Nick Smith, pensions, W&P Select
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The return of the rogue advisor
This article first appeared in the Times and is by David Byers. Thanks to David for giving me , Al, Angie and Steve the chance to talk about this important topic Companies accused of bad practice are starting anew — … Continue reading
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Engage with the score – then look for more!
Case Study – Metro Bank When assembling for the group photo at the Transparency Symposium on Wednesday , I bumped into Professor Michael Mainelli. Micheal Mainelli is a pretty bright bloke and he picked up on a conversation I was having … Continue reading
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A training course to drive my Lamborghini? I’ll take the bus!
Back in the day, when financial advisors sold personal pensions, the commission they received was funded by a mortgage on our policies. Over the years, the 4 or 5% charge on our investments in the first two years of … Continue reading
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AgeWage is closing its investment round (but you’ve still got a week to invest)
http://www.seedrs.com/agewage We’ll be closing our investment round with Seedrs on Friday 24th May. As I write, that gives readers a week to invest. You invest by clicking the link above, if you want to invest more than £5,000, drop henry@agewage.com … Continue reading
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