Monthly Archives: August 2020
Bank charges negative interest on pension cash.
Thanks to Steve Goddard for bringing this curiosity to my attention. It was not long ago that one of the chief sources of revenue for SIPP managers was creaming off interest on client accounts to subsidize other activities or simply … Continue reading
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Prem Sikka’s peerage – its value to accounting , governance and pensions
Prem Sikka, too, is an appointment to be welcomed as strengthening the Lords pensions team. Read his monograph from 2006, “Pensions crisis a failure of public policymaking”, https://t.co/xBHu7dgVKJ. Chapter 2: THE PENSIONS CRISIS: FACT AND FICTION explains the valuation and… … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged Accounting, Bryn Davies, Dennis Leech, ESG, House of Lords, pensions, prem sikka, Ros Altmann, Sharon Bowles
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“That’s an interesting choice”
“That’s an interesting choice” is a statement that interests me a lot. It is an entirely satisfactory response to a test we have just started with the FCA in which we allow people to compare pension pots by way of … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, choice, FCA, interesting, meaningful, pension, pensions, Sandbox, Scam, scammer
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WAITING FOR THE VACCINE. C-19 actuaries new monthly medical update
Given the pace of change with ‘all things COVID’, it can be hard – even for those who follow all the updates – to know what the overall state of play is regarding medical developments in particular, as opposed to … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, coronavirus, doctors, pensions
Tagged actuaries, Covid-19, Nicola Oliver, Pandemic, Vaccine
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Arsenal v Chelsea – what matters tonight is the result.
Tonight we have an FA Cup final. It may or may not be a great game but that’s not what Chelsea and Arsenal fans are worried about, they are worried about the score! The score will create an outcome, the … Continue reading
Bryn Davies ; Our new voice in the Lords
There were three peerages created yesterday for services to pensions , all three deserved. Frank Field and Helena Morrissey are high profile and fly their own flags, Bryn is less well known but no less deserving. Bryn’s career Brinley Howard … Continue reading
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Tagged Actuary, Bryn Davies, ILEA, Jeremy Corbyn, pensions
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