Monthly Archives: December 2022
The OECD opens a new chapter on “non-guaranteed pensions”
The OECD have produced another tombstone on pension policy around the world. Thanks to my friend David Harris for dropping it on my toe this Christmas. You can read the content online here or download it as a PDF for … Continue reading
Christmas naif that I am
I found this grumpy blog in my 2011 archive First Posted on December 24, 2011 by henry tapper “Driving home for Christmas“… singing the song….. there’s a service station at Fleet…. you know there’s a service station from the blue motorway signs telling you … Continue reading
Should you get your guests to pay this Christmas?
No! Nobody should ever, ever, ever, charge their aunty to come over for Christmas dinner (or Chanukkah tea – or any other occasion). If you want a (possibly more sensible) take, @henryhtapper argues the other side brilliantly in this week’s … Continue reading
“Twitter – what’s next?”
I subscribe to Maarten Ectors constructive innovation newsletter which I get every month, you should too! Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44B, fired most employees, made himself (more) unpopular online, polled people if he should step down from managing Twitter … Continue reading
“DB savings should be treasured as a national store of wealth!”
You will not know “Jnamdoc”, it is the pseudonym of a regular contributor to this blog. He has taken to writing comments on my blog which are often more interesting than the blog itself. I’d like to draw your attention … Continue reading
TPR will be “Protecting all Pension Savers”
Times have moved on at the Pensions Regulator and the appointment of a young dynamic lawyer in Nausicaa Delfas looks a step in the right direction. Now the FCA needs to work out just where to target its efforts to … Continue reading
FCA governance head to be the next Pensions Regulator
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has announced the appointment of Nausicaa Delfas as its new Chief Executive. She is currently FCA head of Governance, she was until October the acting CEO and Chief Ombudsman of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). … Continue reading
The shortest day, remember those whose days were too short.
Each year my blog marks the shortest day of the year with a post and this year I have got an interesting reminder from Stuart Reynolds that though this is the shortest day, it is not the day with the … Continue reading
2022 – the FT’s pension journalism – “unbroken”!
Now the year is over, night is drawing nigh, yet more consultations, drift across the sky! One of the brightest thing to happen in a dark year, has been the development of outstanding pension journalism within the FT. I don’t … Continue reading
LDI more good than harm? LDI more harm than good?
I’ve been wondering why I’m interested in LDI. It’s not out of academic interest – I don’t think academically and I’m not a practitioner. I have no skin in the game. But LDI interests me as someone who’s interested … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Conditional Indexation, Indexation, LDI, LLDI, Pensions, TPR
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