Monthly Archives: April 2023
Public sector pensions – unaffordable and unsuitable for low-earners?
https://t.co/nOn8uJjexB — Stephanie Hawthorne (@HawthorneSJJ) April 8, 2023 I can only read the headline – I have no subscription. As Stephanie Hawthorne’s tweet gives me no clue as to further insights, I’ll assume this is another dig at the “pensions … Continue reading
Learning to love my consumer duty
I admit to putting off reading the first five chapters of the consumer duty as instructed by my compliance officer. I have now done so and a few selected chapters more, diligently noting salient paragraphs and rehearsing over-riding principles, cross-cutting … Continue reading
Mother nature and the Master’s patrons
Augusta National is an environment of extreme artifice, a fantasia of the fifties, a Disneyclub amid the Georgia pines- the New Yorker I like watching the “patrons” at the Masters – as much as the golf. I particularly enjoy it … Continue reading
Private employers shouldn’t make SCAPE a goat to butt out of paying pensions
1) Public service pensions are the single largest liability on the government balance sheet – bigger than the national debt. (https://t.co/F8dsk2oIij) 2) The public sector employs more than 5 million people (most of whom have a pension). It’s a big … Continue reading
A year off you life – a year on your pension. Windfalls are for sharing
What’s that William McGrath up to now? Sweet-talking the Trustee with a lyre and a tablet? One year off your life – a year on your pension. Windfalls are for sharing Well said that man – and there’s … Continue reading
Keith Richards and the Consumer Duty Alliance – Pension PlayPen – next Tuesday
Click here to join the meeting Nope, it’s not the ageing rocker . it’s the smiley former CEO of the PFS who will no doubt not want to take questions about how the Personal Finance Society is doing right now. … Continue reading
The collected rants of Jnamdoc
One of the best things about running my blog is attracting comment which are better than the blogs themselves. I enjoy many an evening reviewing these comments and chortling. One comment – ator who falls into the “better than … Continue reading
Claire’s pension tax headaches aren’t over!
I’ve been asked to write a case study on the issues people have as they approach retirement with well funded pensions and pension pots and plans put in place to combat the impact of the Lifetime Allowance (LTA). This is … Continue reading
How Nangle’s “Pension Shift” could change our landscape for good.
Toby Nangle’s the brightest voice in pension journalism and I’m pleased to see an opinion piece of his is the FT’s editor’s pick today. Here’s the headline Pension shift will change the UK financial landscape Toby argues that there is … Continue reading
All is not right with the world – the macro view of Alex Chartres.
In what was the 99th of our Tuesday morning events, of Ruffer gave a stunning presentation on why all is not right with the world, a macro view of what’s gone wrong, is going wrong and is not going to … Continue reading