Monthly Archives: October 2020
The Monthly medical update from COVID-10.arg
COVID-ARG.COM Monthly medical update – Issue 4 30 October 2020 By Nicola Oliver and Dan Ryan … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, coronavirus
Tagged antibody, Covid-19, Dan Ryan, Long Covid, Nicola Oliver, Trial, Vaccine
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Why is Pension Consolidation flavor of the month?
Yesterday (October 30th), the Government closed its consultation on improving member outcomes. It called for small workplace pensions to fold into bigger ones and by consolidating , deliver better outcomes for their members. Pension consolidation is so politically correct it’s … Continue reading
Wear a poppy and do yourself a favour
Keeping standards in the days of Zoom pic.twitter.com/0xtBJKLsvC — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) October 30, 2020 This year, the sales of poppies will be down, which is bad for the Royal British Legion but I suspect also bad for national morale. … Continue reading
Who pays for us doing nothing? Pension schemes and the poor!
Crikey, that’s some chart. But, what does it mean for future of credit etc? 1. Those who are attractive to lend to don’t need or want credit 2. Those who need credit most are not attractive to lend to. This … Continue reading
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Tagged credit, credit cards, de-risking, financial inclusion, Furlough, poor, TPR
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People’s Pension give green light to default saving
Click to access Workplace-defaults-better-member-outcomes_FINAL-.pdf
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Tagged Making workplace pensions work, My Workplace Pension, People's Penson
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“Consumers aren’t fools” – dashboards and vaccines
“Consumers aren’t fools,” – Romi Savova (Pension Bee ) Reading the responses to the Pension Dashboard Programme’s consultation on the data standards employed to give us a view of our pensions, you might think otherwise. People are so dumb… Whilst … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensions, Dashboards, Novavax, Pension Dashboard, test, Vaccine
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The risks of social isolation (Matthew Edwards)
COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Covid-arg.com Summary Responses to the pandemic continue to involve … Continue reading
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Tagged #covid19, Covid-19, elderly, Government, isolation, mental health, well-being
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Australia gets tough on DC funds and so should we
Australia is facing up to some tough questions and it is asking the questions we need to ask. For example, should we assume that all ESG investments a good thing, or are some more beneficial to pension savers than others? … Continue reading
Hospital Admissions Statistics – A fair representation of the true position?
COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Covid-arg.com Introduction The UK Government provides, as part of its coronavirus dashboard, daily information on hospital admissions where the patient has tested positive for COVID-19. We believe this measure … Continue reading
The heavens open on tPR and DWP’s DB plans
As predicted in my recent blog , the heavens have opened and the Government’s plans for a new DB funding code and powers to the Regulator to make it stick are at risk of being deluged by industry criticism. Not … Continue reading