Monthly Archives: October 2020
Latest numbers on second wave from COVID-19 ARG
Latest thread covering COVID-19 admissions and deaths in English hospitals, with an updated R estimate. While the PHE dashboard hasn’t yet been updated, @NHSEngland data indicates 870 admissions today. https://t.co/xkI8zMNbmu — COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group (@COVID19actuary) October 20, 2020 Based … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative, Covid
Tagged COVID 19, Covid actuaries, Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group
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A DC investor writes….
Once in a blue moon I get a mail from someone who is clearly an expert in pensions but modest enough to recognise she/he struggles with their own money! I feel in awe of such people! I got a … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged advice, AgeWage, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, factsheets, FCA, Financial services, Guidance, Pension advice, Pensions, Retirement
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Bowles, my liege! DWP’s cruel blow to open pensions
Like a U-boat slipping silently out of its berth, amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill were launched into the rough swell of political waters on Monday (19th). You can read the amendments here, though they seem to have eluded even … Continue reading
What is our goal for these simpler pension statements?
Yesterday’s blog “The Simpler pension statement, more of the same I’m afraid“, anticipated the Government’s response its 2019 consultation on a simpler pension statement (and our comments on it). The Pensions Minister is pretty bullish on these statements (though his … Continue reading
Super-spreading the pandemic
By James Sharpe for COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. … Continue reading
Posted in coronavirus, Covid
Tagged @actuarybyday, actuaries, Actuaries Response Group, Covid-19, James Sharpe, super-spreader
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The Simpler Pension Statement – more of the same , I’m afraid
I’m no oracle and I don’t break embargoes, but I’m “all in” that today the Government will announce at last that the simple annual statement will supersede the 18 page monsters of the past and we will have … Continue reading
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Has tPR just signed its own death warrant?
Today we are launching a discussion on our 15-year corporate strategy to protect the future financial wellbeing of savers. https://t.co/Cg1e3Ek6Eg #pensions pic.twitter.com/bBd9n4Eock — ThePensionsRegulator (@TPRgovuk) October 16, 2020 Note to regulator; you do not decide the news agenda, that is … Continue reading
Staying motivated with tough times ahead
I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling apprehensive. The winter is coming and the evenings are drawing in, London’s in the first stages of lockdown though this time we are behind our friends in the north. The furlough is unwinding … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, crack in everything, Leonard Cohen, ring the bells
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Latest COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths data for England
At a moment of heightened awareness and considerable confusion, it is useful to have the latest data on what is happening in England to hand. The COVID-19 actuaries have supplied this excellent thread for our better knowledge. Latest COVID-19 hospital … Continue reading