Monthly Archives: July 2020
AgeWage and Pension Bee call for Dashboards to tell us what we’re paying for our pensions.
Yesterday the Money and Pensions Service opened a consultation on Pensions Dashboards’ data standards, seeking industry-wide input on the definition and scope of the information dashboards will display. The call for input seeks views on: the personal data items … Continue reading
A dashboard for lawyers or laymen?
“We are all individuals” is one of those phrases when spoken by everyone at once that is innately funny! Though we are many , we are one body. I was reminded of the paradox by one of my nurses … Continue reading
The G in ESG is vital to pensions and our pensions governance vital to ESG
Sarah Wilson, chief executive of Minerva, the shareholder adviser, said: “At a time when innovation and [research and development] is so important it would seem that financial engineering is taking a higher priority.” – Financial Times Employers looking for … Continue reading
Posted in ESG, governance, pensions
Tagged ESG Goevernance, jo cumbo, Minerva, pensions, Sarah Wilson
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A clap (not a slap) for the NHS
At 5pm yesterday I was clapping the NHS in hospital , shortly having received keyhole surgery. I have had good grounds for thanking the NHS over the past twelve months. As I lay in bed last night I could … Continue reading
With the benefit of hindsight…a blog on pension transfers in draft for 30 months
I never published this blog – it has been sitting in draft since early 2018. Re-reading it today, it is clear that everything the FCA are saying today was public knowledge in 2018. Judge for yourself, could and should … Continue reading
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Lets stop kidding ourselves about pensions
Three things prompt me to write this article The work of Dr Iain Clacher and Con Keating into the unequal burden regulation places on the sponsors of defined benefit pension schemes The agreement between unions, Government and employers in the … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, CDC, consolidation, pensions
Tagged CDC, Con Keating, Iain Clacher, Netherlands, Pension Schemes Bill, pensions
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Why more funding doesn’t mean safer pensions.
I published this article last week under a different title and it didn’t get read much . I’m publishing it again because it is very good and because it challenges current received wisdom on DB pensions. Pensions have become needy … Continue reading
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Covid-19 actuaries “Super Saturday” report
The Friday Report – Issue 14 (published Saturday July 4th) COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Every week, more is written on COVID-19 than any individual could possibly read. Collectively, the COVID‑19 Actuaries Response Group read … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged actuaries, COVID19, Leciester, Matt Fletcher, Nicola Oliver, Roomba
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Bloomberg calls the UK and Europe to account on local lock downs
Do they mean us? Remember how Derek Jamieson used to make us laugh with the quaint views of overseas journalists who didn’t quite get Britain. Well this blog is deadly serious and while it is focusing on us, it is … Continue reading
Enjoy summer safely in a pub?
There wasn’t much surety about Boris Johnson’s messaging in his briefing yesterday evening. The idea that having a few drinks in your local is a good idea is bonkers. I burst into laughter when the Prime Minister told me that … Continue reading