Monthly Archives: July 2021
CDC – your questions answered
A recent professional pensions weekly Pension Buzz survey of 100 members of its readership posed the question: “What is your main hesitancy or concern around CDC arrangements?” This blog lists the concerns expressed. It should be noted that only 37 … Continue reading
Aegon’s IGC report – a good and informative read.
Aegon has published it’s 2020-21 IGC report. In the past, I have been critical of Ian Pittaway’s reports but I sense a shift to a more responsive approach relying more on feedback from employers and consultants. This is reflected in … Continue reading
The SJP’s GAA report comes up short
This is how the SJP Governance Advisory Arrangement measures the value for money offered by SJP’s workplace pension schemes. Behind this analysis is a statement from the GAA Chair The GAA believes that value for money is subjective and … Continue reading
It’s time to stop sneering at St. James’s Place
St. James’s Place released their half yearly results yesterday and the market responded by marking up their shares 5%. The results told us that SJP had added nearly £10bn to funds under management and that operating profit had shot up. … Continue reading
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Webb and Snowden on the state pension and scamming
We are hosting our first “Event” on Tues 3 August. You are invited to join our “All Stars” pension experts Steve Webb and Margaret Snowdon, for a coffee morning discussing state pensions and pension scams. Sign up to for free … Continue reading
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Living with the impetuosity of youth
In our new blog, @AdeleGroyer updates our analysis of the vaccination status of hospital admissions in England. For those aged 50 plus, the unvaccinated 5% now make up 34% of hospital admissions. 90% of those aged 50 plus are fully … Continue reading
Risk sharing – a trouble shared or simply squashed?
What do we mean by risk sharing? My friend Con Keating has criticized me for advocating CDC as a scheme for pensioners only telling me that there is no risk-sharing between a 65 and 95 year old because they have … Continue reading
To boost or not to boost? – that is the question
Bulletin 128 By Louis Rossouw COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Summary High-income countries are progressing rapidly with vaccination and are starting to consider the use of booster shots where many low-income countries are … Continue reading
Pressure mounts on pensions for a CDC alternative.
“The CDC alternative must now be introduced, because the status quo is so unsatisfactory.” Martin Wolf , writing in the FT In another important article , published today, Martin Wolf points out what we close to pensions cannot see, that … Continue reading
Progress towards immunization; Covid-ARG’s weekend report
http://www.covid-arg.com Friday Report: Issue 48 By: Matt Fletcher, Adele Groyer & Dan Ryan 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 … Continue reading