Monthly Archives: March 2020
So what is a Coronavirus?
In the second paper shared by the C19 Group, Nicola Oliver tells us what Coronaviruses are and how they can be deadly. She explains why they impact in different ways. Thanks to Nicola and Stuart and other members of the … Continue reading
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Tagged actuaries, C19 Actuaries Response Group, Coronavirus, Nicola Oliver, Stuart McDonald
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Royal London IGC report – a welcome shift in focus
Royal London are (as usual), the first IGC to report. They have been kind and sent me the Chair’s Statement which saves me searching. But it’s easy to track down here The IGC has delivered a really interesting read which … Continue reading
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Tagged ESG, FCA, IGC, pensions, Peter Dorward, Plan, Responsible Investment, Royal London
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Has over half of the UK already been exposed to COVID-19?
Stuart McDonald is my hero. He is able to speak about complicated things in a simple way and his analysis of trends in the development of the pandemic has been consistently proved right. Here is his latest observation Here … Continue reading
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AgeWage calling – we need a cosec!
AgeWage is looking for a company secretary to help us through our pending funding round and guide us to maturity. This is a work from home job suiting an experienced person with either cosec qualifications or with an … Continue reading
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Get off of McCloud
John Glen of the Treasury delivered this written statement to parliament yesterday. The government is developing proposals to address the unlawful age discrimination identified by the Court of Appeal in the 2015 reforms to the Judicial and Firefighters’ pension schemes. … Continue reading
How savers can change the world
Direct involvement with the way your savings are invested I spent time (on Zoom) with a young entrepreneur whose business it is to get people to change the behaviours of companies they invest in. I won’t go into detail about … Continue reading
Shouldn’t pensions “stay at home”?
Should we stop transfers for the next 6 months? Yields are down, markets are down, has there ever been such a time to transfer your pension rights? That’s what many people may be thinking and if you were a … Continue reading
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Tagged CETV, FCA, Pensions, Ros Altmann, TPR, transfer-value
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What is a “furloughed worker” – Now updated with rules for Job Retention Scheme.
I write a column for CIPP News and this article – not mine – is from the CIPP, you can read the original here. The CIPP (Chartered institute of Payroll Professionals) is the rock for payroll and I am delighted … Continue reading
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Strong Government and self-regulation
Yesterday saw the Government finally put its foot down and demand we comply with its request to stay at home. Short of putting troops on the street there is not much more that it can do- now it is over … Continue reading
Confound #covidiots; best practice in a time of crisis.
Do everything as good as this It’s important that over the next few weeks, we don’t let standards slip. There’s a temptation for us to “shut up shop”, because others have to shut up their shops, But business standards have … Continue reading