Monthly Archives: September 2022
DWP funding regs. suffer from “recency-bias” – Keating and Clacher
This is the fifth in our series of blogs addressing the questions posed in the DWP’s Funding Regulations consultation. Links to the previous blogs are provided at the end of this blog. We follow the same conventions as in previous … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, DB Funding Code, Dr Iain Clacher, DWP, Funding Code, Recency
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Support not enough – Timms calls for a benefits reset this autumn.
The cost of living crisis is still upon us Next month, I’m part of a panel debate kicking off the PLSA Annual Conference in Liverpool. The debate’s on the challenge to pensions of the cost of living crisis. The challenge … Continue reading
Does my blog look boring?
Imagine someone you’re having a nice conversation with , breaks off the conversation and says “by the way , you smell”. That’s what it felt like talking with Mark Scantlebury this afternoon when he broke off what he was saying … Continue reading
Sole trustees, MNTs – LCP ; double bubble playpen trouble! 10.30 today
REMINDER 🟣 TOMORROW – Pension PlayPen Coffee Morning – Today 13 September at 10.30am Steve says “At our next Coffee Morning we are delighted that Holly McArthur and Nathalie Sims from LCP will be presenting their findings from their recent Trustee survey”. I … Continue reading
Gimmickry can’t soothe our pension headaches – and MaPS is no panacea.
Over the weekend , I posted a couple of blogs about the Pension Regulator’s advice to people worried about the cost of living. In summary, the Pension Regulator is saying that people worried about what to do, when considering pausing … Continue reading
Zalensky tells Putin – “we will be with gas, light , water and food – without you!”
“Troops are moving forward; they are not only gaining back territory but liberating people,” German Foreign Minister Baerbock said. “I think it’s really a moment of hope, even though maybe it’s a small moment of hope. This is what we … Continue reading
“If everything’s a scam, nothing’s a scam”
We’ve only had issue with XPS so far. If industry thinks a US equity tracker is “Amber” then this deranged and unworkable. If everything is highlighted as a potential scam then nothing is highlighted as a scam! — Alistair Cunningham … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Cunningham, Charles Counsell, MoneyHelper, Pensions, Scamsmart, TPR
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Employers should refer staff who can’t afford their pension to MoneyHelper
Contrary to the messaging from those who have postponed the attention to pension plan and cancelled a Nest Insight seminar, the issues surrounding our day to day finances are not put on hold till we have mourned the queen. Yesterday … Continue reading
Stop paying attention to your pension (and party) – some weird mixed messaging
Public sector lockdown Nest has postponed its online event ‘Above and beyond: Could innovation in employer pension contributions approaches improve employee financial security in retirement?’ saying… Due to the period of royal mourning following the death of Her Majesty The … Continue reading
What’s that Rob Gardner up to now!
I like Rob Gardner- he gets things done. He created Redington and Mallowstreet, he started Redstart and has written books for children on how to manage money. He dragged us into using twitter and linked in and showed us how … Continue reading