Monthly Archives: June 2023
Can Mother Russia free herself of her war-lords?
It has taken a fascist criminal to do it, but it appears that Vladmir Putin’s control of his image has cracked. The Wagner mercenary army appears beloved of Russian citizens in Rostov, the home of the Russian army’s Southern army … Continue reading
Local Authority Conference 2023 – Why I’m going.
I’m heading west this morning – hiring a car to get to the Cotswolds Water Park where the PLSA is hosting its LGPS conference. I am going for three reasons I am interested in reform to the shonky state of … Continue reading
Messing on boats
Swans glide elegantly past at 5.30 a lat June morning My guests arrive for a day’s boating on Lady Lucy It’s someone’s birthday and this braiding has taken eight hours! A pleasant party ensues The river continues to tell great … Continue reading
Will private markets raise returns on our pension savings? The case is ,as yet, unproven
The cynical view is that having run out of runway on the private finance initiative, the Government has turned to pensions to finance the transformation of UK infrastructure and fund the growth needed in companies that can make a difference … Continue reading
Tumelo speak to the Pension PlayPen – Tuesday June 27th -10.30 am
At our next event we are delighted that Edd Micklem from Tumelo will be presenting. Tumelo’s technology suite gives institutional and retail investors a voice on the issues they care about by providing Expression of Wish and Pass-Through Voting solutions. … Continue reading
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AWT -VFM – the head boy touch
I’ve always looked up to Andrew Warwick-Thompson who is the sort of bloke you’d expect to have been head boy at your school. Calm , authoratitative and seemingly never wrong, not as annoying as me – but almost! I … Continue reading
Something rotten in the state of funding
Pangloss was a person who was optimistic whatever the circumstances, “all was for the best in the best possible worlds”. There has been irrational enthusiasm for the state of pension funding of late, that is panglossian. By contrast, the parliamentary … Continue reading
Dutch dashboards with Richard Smith
Britain prepares for Richard’s grand tour of the Nordics in search of dashboard inspiration. It sounds like he’s found it and let’s hope he’ll be sharing more of the insights he’s had over the past few days with us – … Continue reading
MPs call for incompetent trustees to be banned from using LDI.
“More still needs to be done to address significant weaknesses in the ability of defined benefit pension schemes to manage risk, MPs say today, in a report that warns that their investments must never again be allowed to jeopardise the … Continue reading
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DB pensions lose £600bn in a year!
We’ve published new results from the Financial Survey of Pension Schemes (FSPS). Covering Oct to Dec 2022, this includes membership, income and expenditure, transactions, assets, and liabilities of pension schemes. ➡️ https://t.co/apyUkWp97j pic.twitter.com/nDllINbzQy — Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) … Continue reading