Monthly Archives: November 2020
Can our pensions build back better? Sunak paints a greener picture.
Ricki Sunak’s first speech on financial services in the House of Commons came on the day we absorbed a Biden and a vaccine win. It was a bad day for viruses but a good day for the markets which bounced … Continue reading
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A counterblast to apostasy – Keating and Clacher hold the faith!
A blog from the pens of Con Keating and Iain Clacher Henry Tapper has been our eyes and ears on social media and has passed us a variety of questions that have been sent to him on twitter. He’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 amigos, Clacher, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Keating, pension, Pensions, Retirement, Tapper
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Can you run a pension scheme with no end in sight?
The concept of infinity has puzzled philosophers for millennia and I’m not taking it on in a blog. It’s temporal counterpart “eternity” has at least the boundary of time, though it’s still pretty mind-blowing to think of anything being eternal. … Continue reading
Sharon Bowles has thrown the Minister a lifeline, he should grab it with both hands.
The DWP is in an awkward spot over the funding of defined benefit pensions. The 130 responses to its regulator’s consultation paper are likely to be making uncomfortable reading to those scrutinizing them in Brighton and the Pensions Minister … Continue reading
Biden – reasons to be cheerful 1-2-3.
I haven’t commented on the American presidential poll as information and misinformation have been so generally available. What I have posted are the odds surrounding the relative chances of the two candidates, the result has not been in doubt for … Continue reading
A WEEK IN LOCKDOWN – Covid-19 ARG on science – and actuarial fun!
Saturday Report By Matt Fletcher, Nicola Oliver and John Roberts COVID-ARG.COM 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 … Continue reading
Will CDC be a success story?
Will CDC be a success story? #pensions @mallowstreet https://t.co/HC8u3uk09G pic.twitter.com/fR8VKyRYOi — Stuart Breyer (@stubreyer) November 4, 2020 The question is the right one. You can’t go on Mallowstreet unless you are a member, which means the wider discussion needs to … Continue reading
Current UK hospital bed capacity
By Nicola Oliver COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. … Continue reading
Pension Providers – Is spending on technology an investment choice?
I ask the question in the title because an assertion was made at last night’s Pensions Network Session that pension providers had a choice as to whether to be dashboard ready or not. This is currently the case. … Continue reading
At last – some positive numbers on UK infection rates
On day one of lockdown, it is good to bring you, via the Covid-19 Actuaries Response Group a generally positive set of numbers (unless you are reading this in Cornwall). The latest update on England admissions and deaths … Continue reading