Monthly Archives: July 2020
Boohoo should test how much we want our money to matter
Are you wearing any of these brands? boohooMAN, PrettyLittleThing, Nasty Gal MissPap. Karen Millen, Oasis Warehouse. Probably not – Boohoo targets the 16-24 year old fashion market and is principally bought by young women. Happily young people have better things … Continue reading
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Tagged Boohoo, ESG, Fast fashion, Nasty Gal, Pretty little thing, Sunday Times
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Socially distancing bears – COVID-19 weekly report (wk 19)
Every week, more is written on COVID-19 than any individual could possibly read. Collectively, the COVID‑19 Actuaries Response Group read more about the outbreak than most, so we’ve decided each Friday to provide you with a curated list of the … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged actuaries, Bears, Covid-19, COVID-19 Actuaries, ours
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What it’s like to be in hospital right now.
From Sunday to Tuesday this week , I was in the Cancer Center adjacent to Guys Hospital having work on my bowels under general anesthetic. My surgery was “elective” rather than “emergency”. I had had emergency surgery for the problem … Continue reading
Posted in NHS, pensions
Tagged BUPA, Guys and St Thomas, HCA, Mr Nair, NHS, Shard Medical Centre, Wesley's chapel
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Support the young , we are done!
I realized , as I filled in my submission to the Pension Dashboard Programme’s call for input (you can do yours here), that for my generation, the boomers, the dashboard will arrive too late. Most of our pensions are either … Continue reading
The Care Home tragedy continues
We are at a loss to know why @DHSCgovuk is incapable of making swift decisions at a time of crisis. As the country unlocks, care providers are in the dark as to what is permissible in terms of visitors to … Continue reading
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An advert you wouldn’t see in Britain!
Most UK pension people will look at this advert (on Linked in) with bemusement, some may think it a scam, but I know the people behind this initiative and that, in Australia, they are in earnest for good. This article … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged Actuary, Australia, CDC, CIO, Jim Hennington, Real lifetime pension, Super
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Is COVID-19 Seasonal?
Summary Common coronaviruses, like influenza viruses, are highly seasonal diseases, with cases peaking in winter months. As we move out of lockdown and through the summer months in the Northern hemisphere, an obvious question is whether COVID-19 exhibits seasonality, as … Continue reading
Value for Money may just have had its eureka moment.
The story so far… 2014 – the OFT conclude that we are rubbish at buying pensions 2015 – FCA requires big insurers providing workplace pensions to set up IGCs (and most of the rest GAAs) 2016- IGCs start producing statements … Continue reading
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Bench marking will challenge IGCs and raise their game!
This blog is a follow up to my piece which asks whether the FCA has let the IGCs off with impunity. The FCA has chosen not to publicly humiliate failing IGCs but to give them clear guidance for the future. … Continue reading
Have IGC’s let savers down with impunity?
When it all began Back in 2015 , when the IGC chairs first met, I wrote a blog critical of IGC Chairs and their advisers who seemed to be publicly questioning the purpose behind Independent Governance Committees. You can read … Continue reading