Monthly Archives: May 2019
Angela Eagle’s stunning Bill on pension costs and charges
Angela Eagle presented a bill to the House of Commons at 1.30 yesterday (Wednesday May 8th). It is a fine bill and I wish it success. It may not succeed under the current Government and may be no more than … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Costs and charges, pensions, Value for Money, VFM
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The curse of compliance; walking the line
I live a highly regulated lifestyle. My partner, who is a “rules bunny” refers to me publicly as her “conduct risk”. In her presence I do not swear or utter statements that might be construed as anything but “correct”. At … Continue reading
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Buy and Suppress the pensions dashboard
I designed, launched and sold the first – and still only – Norwegian pension dashboard some 15 yrs ago. “norskpensjon.no” is the pension dashboard service that the Norwegian pension providers, after we gained traction with it, insisted that they should … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Asmund Paulsen, Dashboard, internet, Pension Dashboard, pensions, Technology
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Transparency – not an end but a beginning
On Thursday May 16th, Agewage will be sponsoring the next Transparency Taskforce symposium. You can sign up to attend this event here. This is the first time in my career that I have initiated the sponsorship of anything and … Continue reading
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Announcing the AgeWage terminal bonus!
6 weeks ago I returned from holiday and launched the AgeWage crowdfunding campaign. We have £25,000 committed from one investor. We set ourselves a target to raise a further £175,000 from the crowd. Today our funding stands at £305,600 … Continue reading
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Greenwashing – no shortcut to probity
Greenwashing is the practice of making an unsubstantiated or misleading claim about the environmental benefits of a product, service, technology or company practice. Greenwashing can make a company or a fund appear to be more environmentally friendly than it really is. How … Continue reading
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Pension fission* and fusion* at DG conferences
I’m not a fan of pension conferences – they are generally a way to reinforce existing prejudices and give participants a sense of their importance without challenge. But recently I’ve been working with DG publishing on conferences that bring … Continue reading
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Can pension ratings be “too simple”?
To my mind , the only meaningful way that someone using a workplace or personal pension can test for value for money is by comparing the money they put in with the value they get out. This is known … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, AgeWage, financial advice, IGC, pensions, Value for Money, VFM
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Great Pension Debate 4 – Port Talbot revisited
Al Rush is organising the fourth episode of the Great Pensions Debate. Here – in Al’s inimitable style, is what this is all about. You can sign up for the Great Pension Debate 4 by following this link, all you … Continue reading
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Tagged #Pensiondebate, Aberavon beach hotel, Al Rush, Al Rush Pensiondebate, British, Debate, Great, pension, Port Talbot
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