Monthly Archives: May 2021
Let’s enjoy our freedom – and make it last!
This is the messaging we are getting from our media this morning (May 17th 2021) Covid / Ignore lockdown easing to curb Indian variant, health experts urge Leading specialists call on the public to avoid socialising indoors to prevent a third wave … Continue reading
Breakthrough for simple annual statements
The DWP are going to launch at last the simple annual statement tomorrow (May 17th). This is a personal triumph for Ruston Smith who has done more than anybody to make this happen. It is essentially the same statement … Continue reading
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Tagged Guy Opperman, Pensions, ruston smith, Simple, simple pensions statement, statement
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The ten big pension questions
These are ten big questions facing pension professionals and its public today. They are the questions in the Work and Pensions Select Committee’s inquiry into the Pension Freedoms and they are worth your consideration. They concern the decisions we … Continue reading
Should we worry about the Indian variant?
Today we await the arrival of May 17th and a further re-opening of society in Britain. But whatever elation we may have had has been tempered by rumors of a new threat which might cause a third wave and send … Continue reading
*Updated* All quiet on the COVID front – Vaccines save 11,000 lives *Updated*
Friday Report: Issue 43 COVID-ARG.COM By: John Roberts, Matt Fletcher & … Continue reading
Little did we know… the Law Deb debate – a year late!
On April 16th 2020, a few days into the first lockdown, Mark Ashworth announced the postponement of the 2020 event . The mail is a curiosity , a cameo of how phrases like “seeing you”, “in person” and “life … Continue reading
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Tagged Environmental, ESG, governance, lawdeb, lawdebdebate, Social
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Government stance on VFM hardens – the cutter awaits
Yesterday’s 4 hour marathon Zoom organized by Stephen Glover revealed the iron fist behind the DWP’s velvet glove. The velvet glove was on show through two accomplished contributions from TPR (Louise Sivyer) and the DWP (Andrew Blair) and the iron … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Blair, Echo and the Bunneymen, Lou, Louise Syvier, The Cutter
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Pensions have an identity crisis – here’s why!
DC’s de-risked DB? – that is the question The argument that defined contribution pension schemes were just like defined benefit pension schemes grew out of the reluctance of corporates around the developed world to fund promises with a blank cheque … Continue reading
“Another missed opportunity to properly address social care”- Ros Altmann
In this blog, Ros Altmann reacts to the Government’s statement on care funding in the Queen’s Speech. It was originally published on Ros’ blog and is republished with her permission If not now, when? Queen’s Speech missed another chance for … Continue reading
Ros Altmann+Gareth Morgan=informed pension choices
This is a lazy-man’s way of writing a blog, but the comments I have received over the last week have been so interesting, I’d rather continue the conversation in the public space of a new post. Here is Baroness Altmann, … Continue reading