Monthly Archives: May 2023
I will go for outperformance, thank you very much
I get loads of feeds in my email and from time to time find a blog that baffles, intrigues and informs me. Here is one from Joachim Klement – a grumpy middle-aged German. You can cheer him up by subscribing … Continue reading
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No tomorrow for HSBC’s Tomorrow Master Trust
Jo Cumbo broke the news that HSBC was winding up its master trust in the FT yesterday. The scoop was getting HSBC to make a statement to that affect, the market has known for some time. HSBC confirmed “the unwinding … Continue reading
DC consolidation slows , Cinderella sits by the fire.
The Corporate Adviser Intelligence on GPP and mastertrusts is back for 2023 and a very good read it makes. The headlines are in the infographic above and I intend to dig down behind several of these metrics in blogs to … Continue reading
Trustees should deal with complaints on DB transfers
I can understand people feeling they have “missed the boat” in not taking a DB transfer.They shouldn’t as they haven’t and if trustees were more on the ball they would be writing to anyone who had inquired after a CETV … Continue reading
Scorched earth pricing could leave DC master trusts infertile
A new threat to Government plans to upgrade DC pension plans through investment in productive finance has emerged. Hymans Robertson has proposed a “10-10 and 10” strategy to get our pensions working as hard as we do. “If you are … Continue reading
The tougher it gets, the harder we save
It seems that as times get harder , our tenacity to provide ourselves with future security increases. New analysis from leading online pension provider, PensionBee, reveals that pension savers put significantly more money aside for their retirement at the start … Continue reading
Annuities are pants III – Mark Ormston – Today 10.30
Mark Ormston is one of the most lucid commentators in pensions and he’ll be on home ground on Tuesday talking about whether the uptick in annuity purchase is a flash in the pan or part of a longer lasting trend. … Continue reading
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A day when the flat-earthers got a shock – a DC summit that lived up to its name.
As expected, the DG publishing’s DC Strategic Summit held in Liverpool Street , offered us a day well spent. Many thanks to the organizers, the sponsors and the speakers. As I have said in my feedback , it is hard … Continue reading
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Some words of sympathy for staff at Capita Pensions.
It is too easy to forget that hackers destroy more than just the security of the people whose data they steal and use for nefarious purpose. Behind the Capita story are the people who work at Capita who have to … Continue reading
Annuities are pants III – Mark Ormston – Tuesday am
Mark Ormston is one of the most lucid commentators in pensions and he’ll be on home ground on Tuesday talking about whether the uptick in annuity purchase is a flash in the pan or part of a longer lasting trend. … Continue reading
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