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Monthly Archives: November 2020
Sexy-cash is back incentivizing pension transfers – let’s nip this in the bud
When you move your pension to an AJ Bell Youinvest SIPP, we’ll reward you with between £100 and £2,000 cashback to say thank you. The more you transfer, the more you’ll get. T&Cs apply. Capital at risk. Check for benefit … Continue reading
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Tagged AJ BEll, Pensions, Sexy-cash, Steve Webb
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Stay safe and wish ourselves a Happy Christmas.
First the good news. While we all stay cooped up at home, the lockdown has had a positive impact. These results are from one of our leading data authorities. The findings by Imperial College London were based on swabbing more … Continue reading
PRAG – lively up yourselves!
Come on PRAG people – you can do better than this! This photo-montage suggests some deep unhappiness amongst you! The Pensions Research Accountants Group has much to give this world – so lively up yourselves and get your message out … Continue reading
Is GMP equalization an opportunity or a sand trap for advisers?
There is a roaring silence surrounding the second judgment on GMP equalisation which was delivered against the Lloyds Banking Group pension scheme but impacts all DB pension schemes that contracted out using the Government’s system of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions. The … Continue reading
COVID-19; the 30th weekly bulletin – bad news for French hikers
Weekly Report: Issue 30 By Nicola Oliver and John Roberts COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. COVID-19 is still one of the hottest topics for scientific papers and articles. The COVID‑19 Actuaries Response Group will provide you … Continue reading
Modelling COVID-19; what have we learned?
The Covid-19 pandemic, with its associated human tragedy, has been devastating for many families. This has presented new challenges for policy-makers, governments, corporates and others. Actuaries have been at the forefront in modelling the virus in terms of cumulative and … Continue reading
No blubbing over the future of RPI please.
“I love the way they are doing this – it is not a move from RPI to CPIH, but recalculating RPI as if it were CPIH – and unless the Bank of England says that is a material change, eliminates … Continue reading
Lessons to learn from Dolphin Trust
18 months after its first program, Radio Four’s You and Yours program has produced a second program on Dolphin Trust (aka the German Property Group). You can listen to the second program here As I’d followed up on the … Continue reading
The four green leaves of the clover
It’s my privilege to attend the three-weekly sessions of the Pensions NetWork and I’ve found them a welcome relief over this year of lockdown from the trials of the diurnal round. The 80 minute sessions are positive, informative and intellectually … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate change, John Moret, Jonathan Parker, Make My Money Matter, Maria Nazrova-Doyle, Tomas Carruthers, TPNW
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Are the excess deaths in 2020 just a ‘shortfall’ from 2019
By Richard Marshall COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Summary It has been suggested that the severity of COVID-19 in the UK is partly due to the low mortality in 2019, when we experienced a “shortfall” in … Continue reading
