Monthly Archives: April 2022
Three quarters of Uber workers are muslim; they have no Sharia investment option.
People reading this headline will be entitled to ask, how did that happen? Workplace pensions are chosen by employers, or in the case of Uber, by their “workplace solutions” provider. Did Uber choose NOW Pensions or did Uber follow Adecco? … Continue reading
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Sacred spaces are bunk – Nick Cave
I understand from having seen 20,000 Days on Earth that you keep an office separate for your creative work. Do you have any recommendations on how I can create a sacred space that allows me to go in and shut … Continue reading
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Is CDC more threatened by regulation than markets?
CDC and Stochastic Investment Returns Con Keating and Iain Clacher In an earlier blog we examined the decumulation performance of CDC schemes under deterministic investment returns and inflation This blog considers the excessive volatility and the wildness of outcome introduced … Continue reading
Should our appetite for growth reduce with age?
I hear a lot about “appetite for risk” but nothing about “appetite for growth”. We are currently experiencing high inflation , some would say stagflation. Stagflation is when things cost more but we don’t produce more – so don’t … Continue reading
The “Air Miles First” approach to sustainable investing.
Just how serious are American investment houses in saving the planet? No doubt delegates to this conference consider the concept of a “fly-in” pretty cool. Delegates get to meet each other in a Washington Conference Hotel having flown in … Continue reading
Retirement planning , a rare instance of Britain leading the USA.
I am surprised by how little we have to learn from the American pension system. Thanks to David John for sending out a link to this article from the National Association of Plan Advisors. This is taken from MICHAEL P. BARRY’s … Continue reading
Perfect Purbeck
If one wanted to show a foreigner England, perhaps the wisest course would be to take him to the final section of the Purbeck Hills, and stand him on their summit, a few miles to the east of Corfe – … Continue reading
Why pension tax-relief has remained a rich man’s perk
Back in 2015, when reform of the pension tax relief system was under a consultation “Strengthening the incentive to save: consultation on pensions tax relief – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)” the Government requested Ipsos Mori to research how much the general population … Continue reading
Heaven can’t wait – stand up for your rights!
But if you know what life is worth, You will look for yours on earth: And now you see the light, You stand up for your rights. All my time working in “retirement planning”, I’ve been taught that retirement happens … Continue reading
Harrowing times
Today is Easter Sunday, the day we remember as the culmination of Jesus’s passion. Today he is back living on earth after miraculously recovering from the mortal wound he received on the cross on Friday. Sunday and Friday are covered, … Continue reading