Monthly Archives: March 2021
Auto-enrolment’s difficult second album
When auto-enrolment started I, naively as it turns out, hoped that small employers would be excited enough by the chance to choose a workplace pension, to consider what made for a good scheme and download a report that told them … Continue reading
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Who really pays DC scheme costs?
It’s common for DC schemes to pay a great deal to consultants to let their trustees tell much the members are paying in costs and charges. This information is provided to members in trustee chair statements. The same thing goes … Continue reading
C19 Actuaries inform Government and perplex the hard of hearing
Friday Report: Issue 40 By Dan Ryan 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 Group … Continue reading
MaPS faces up to the public as “Moneyhelper”
Introducing MoneyHelper, our new consumer brand, launching from 7 June. Get ready for MoneyHelper using our responses to frequently asked questions, and follow Money and Pensions Service channels for more resources to support you to make the change. https://t.co/tscbcOYE61 pic.twitter.com/LXMHMThqXY … Continue reading
Choosing to challenge male solutions to retirement planning
Many women are brilliant with money, most household budgets are managed by women and women are better risk-takers, rarely exposing themselves to the kind of catastrophic breakdowns in personal finance that are such a curse on us men. These … Continue reading
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Deprivation’s the killer – Covid’s an agent; Adele Groyer explains.
Inequalities in mortality before and during the pandemic http://www.covid-arg.com By Adele Groyer for COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Summary All-cause mortality in England ordinarily has a steep gradient by deprivation. While living in a more deprived … Continue reading
ClearGlass’ offer to small DB schemes… use it now!
I am really pleased to see Clear Glass offering help to small DB schemes at a cost any scheme can afford! For a time , I worked with small DB schemes and recognize that every penny counts in meeting their … Continue reading
Association is not causation – leave the clots to it!
While several European countries pause their vaccine rollout to look into blood clots, this would seem an ideal time to clear up once and for all whether the vaccine is causing pregnancies, sunburn, and taking up smoking! https://t.co/sXoY4li9MS — stuart … Continue reading
The politics behind extending auto-enrolment
Yesterday the TUC conference discussed widening the scope of auto-enrolment to include the self-employed, the youngest workers and those on low incomes within the financial net of auto-enrolment. Yesterday UBER finally admitted that it controlled its workers to a degree … Continue reading
When an insurance company gives a damn…
I’m used to the fake smiles from marketing executives on conference stands and the unctuous statements about customer care that leak from the pens of IGCs and trustees. I have grown skeptical (even cynical) about cultural statements about treating customers … Continue reading