Monthly Archives: February 2021
Whatever happened to the Standard Life?
Life insurance companies are not in favour and haven’t been for some time. The consolidation of the sector around a few financial behemoths L&G, Aviva, Royal London , Prudential , Quilter , Aegon , Just and LV= leaves no trace … Continue reading
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Tagged 1825, Aberdeen, IFA, Pensions, Standard Life, workplace Pensions
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Nick Hillman’s “USS trilogy” reviewed
HEPI (the higher educational policy group) has published three blogs on its website authored by Nick Hillman (pictured). The website hasn’t attracted much comment so I asked Con Keating to send me his. “Idiosyncracy” as a euphemism. When I accepted … Continue reading
The death of the employer pension trust
Geof Pearson told the NAPF conference in 1998 “I have looked over the cliff and seen DC” 22 years later DB trustees can argue that they still have the weight of past money but they are dependent on employers, … Continue reading
Nest sees strong saving through the pandemic – why not?
A tricky course to navigate. Whatever is written about pension saving over the past 12 months needs to written in pencil, with the option to rub-out and replace where offence is incurred. That’s because generalizations about people’s capacity to save … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, DWP, Financial services, NEST, Pandemic, pension, pension saving, Pensions, Retirement
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Join the Wesley’s chapel pancake challenge next Tuesday!
Who will win in the battle of the pancakes? Sign up to share in this event by visiting https://t.co/YdeUpabYbQ pic.twitter.com/IqrKebBNvc — Wesley’s Chapel (@WesleysChapel) February 9, 2021 Check Cheryl bigging this up, it’s going to be a gastronomic pre-Lent pig-out! … Continue reading
Gordon Woo on how 2021 can beat 2020 (if we learn our lessons)
By Gordon Woo for COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. … Continue reading
There is more rejoicing in Brighton….
My spy at the PMI passes me a copy of this month’s Pension Aspect with the finger pointed at this article by David Fairs. Those versed in current a- Fairs , will have noticed a relaxation in the Regulator’s tone … Continue reading
Scottish Widows – has that cape just gone green?
Closing the ‘green pensions gap’ – it sure looks like it Making the Widow’s money matter , Maria Nazarova-Doyle and team have sent out a clear signal that they and parent company Lloyds Banking Group, mean business to avert climate … Continue reading
Why self-service for pension choice may not be enough
It is odd thinking of the work that goes into the valuation of Defined Benefit Schemes, that so little has been done to help individuals value their DC pots. I don’t mean by that the monetary worth of a DC … Continue reading
The USS needs a plan that we all can understand
I am not smart enough to add much to the academic debate pursued by Professors Michael Bromwich and Dennis Leech , the venerable Con Keating and the scholarly Woon Wong. Readers looking for the views of Ros Altmann can find … Continue reading