Monthly Archives: February 2020
Are you a Betamax or VHS Trustee?
Which will be the VHS accreditation and which will be Betamax?#pensions https://t.co/6x1VADbb4C — Mike Harrison (@HigherEdActuary) February 13, 2020 It’s been an interesting week for pension trustees. It began with an announcement from the Pensions Regulator that it was not … Continue reading
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Triple lock? – easy!
With a deft tweet , former Pensions Minister Steve Webb wakes us up to a startling economic revelation. Doesn’t seem long since we were reading doom-laden warnings about the National Insurance Fund ‘running out of money’ in a few years. … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, happiness, pensions
Tagged GAD, Happiness, Martin Clarke, state pension, Trevor Llanwarne, Triple-Lock
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Pathways? – We can’t see the wood for the trees.
Investment pathways Investment or retirement pathways- as the title of an event I went to had it, are the FCA’s idea for helping people take better decisions at retirement than they do today. They’re mainly for the people who … Continue reading
London’s calling to #PASA2020
I can’t remember walking out of a pensions conference and into a punk gig but that’s what yesterday felt like when I left the PASA conference and walked into the Museum of London. I was 17 when the album came … Continue reading
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Now it’s a Pension “Green” Bill
The Government has introduced radical new amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill which allows it to force effective governance and disclosure of climate risk by occupational pensions schemes. What’s “radical” is that these amendments give the DWP the power … Continue reading
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Tagged DWP, ESG, Gree, Green pensions, Pension Schemes Bill, pensions
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Are small DC pension schemes in the member interest?
Trustees vote for their own demise There hasn’t been much comment on social media about the Pension Regulator’s consultation response on the future of trusteeship. This is in marked contrast to what TPR reports as a record 114 written responses … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Trustees, FCA, pensions, Professional Trustees, The Pensions Regulator, TPR, trustees
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Dashboard 60% ready – 1/4 of data missing
Queen Bees – Romi and Reilly I don’t often publish undigested press releases but Pension Bee’s analysis of its own data explains itself very well. Most people know who has their money and have their paperwork, but many, myself included … Continue reading
A good day for master trusts
The FT run a scoop this morning, predicting that today the Pensions Regulator will withdraw its proposals to require small DC plans to be run by “professional trustees” and urging that most of the 8000 single occupational trust based DC … Continue reading
2020 Lady Lucy boating schedule
Once again, Lady Lucy is out on the river for most of the summer. I have two types of tickets. Everyone can come to the weekend events (including extended trips on bank holidays). You and your family, friends and pets … Continue reading
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Tagged Henley, HRR20, Hurley, lady lucy, Peter Freebody
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