When only 8 to 15 mega-trusts dominate the entire defined contribution (DC) and LGPS landscape, peer-group risk may override manager…
This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…
Here's another way for a pension fund to get in the soup. https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-catholic-clergy-sex-abuse-scandal.html
I had earlier today read a medical research article reporting on a Japanese study that found that “supercentenarians” — those…
Daily Archives: December 10, 2022
Nest’s target dated funds and the perils of Dead Wax
The target dated fund is overtaking “lifestyle” as the most common way of pre-packing someone’s retirement savings ready for the choices we demand people take of their workplace savings. So long as your workplace saving isn’t into a defined benefit … Continue reading
We want from pensions a wage that gives dignity in retirement
The DWP is tasked to deliver, what choices does it have? When Adair Turner published the original finding of the Pension Commission he concluded pensioners will become poorer relative to the rest of society; or taxes/National Insurance contributions devoted to … Continue reading
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Scottish teachers' pay increases, such as the recent multi-year agreement negotiated via the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) covering…