Monthly Archives: February 2023
What’s gone on at Pensions Expert?
For the past few years I have become increasingly fond of the pioneering and informed form of pensions journalism I’ve been reading in Pensions Expert. If I go to the Pensions Expert website I can still see the journalistic team … Continue reading
The world is moving away from guaranteed pensions – so must we!
I spent yesterday morning with the OECD and some colleagues discussing the shift in pensions from a paradigm where employers stand behind promises with guarantees to the world we now live in , where our pension is of our making. … Continue reading
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On the march to better value – 3 ways to get what’s going on with pensions!
“What is important to me is that when you’re saving into a retirement pension, your money is working for you” – Laura Trott, Minister for Pensions, announced a series of private pension reforms at @ThePLSA yesterday to boost fairness, adequacy … Continue reading
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Tagged auto-enrolment, Consumer duty, Des Healy, Laura Trott, Pensinos, Pensions, VFM
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Herding is always a risk – like the tuna in the paddling pool
Toby Nangle’s analogy of DB pension funds as a great big tuna fish thrashing around in a paddling pool is an odd one. It’s even odder when a the Bank Of England refers to it as a consequence of … Continue reading
Do speculative opinions of future value have a place in VFM statements?
Jo Cumbo’s post deserves a proper answer Looking for comments on the Government’s proposals to allow #pension providers to use estimates of future investment performance, in their new value-for-money assessment. To be clear, this is about the provider estimating returns … Continue reading
Why is ESG excluded from the VFM Framework?
The Government’s new Value for Money Framework is aimed at helping trustees, employers and savers make good choices about their DC plans. We have assumed that one of the choices good citizens should be making, is around the way … Continue reading