When only 8 to 15 mega-trusts dominate the entire defined contribution (DC) and LGPS landscape, peer-group risk may override manager…
This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…
Here's another way for a pension fund to get in the soup. https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-catholic-clergy-sex-abuse-scandal.html
I had earlier today read a medical research article reporting on a Japanese study that found that “supercentenarians” — those…
Monthly Archives: June 2023
Trott gives us more time to sort our state pensions – Martin and Steve do it again!
Martin Lewis’ pension show – featuring Steve Webb as Robin to Lewis’ uncaped crusader, was a hit with its studio audience, in our household and I suspect for about 7m viewers for whom “pensions” are paid by the state. Ok … Continue reading
Master trusts and the half-built bridge
Not all master trusts are the same “Master trusts give value for money” -it’s a statement that is made time and again. Yet, when you look at how master trusts are invested, you see massive disparities between them. At yesterday’s … Continue reading
What is an MVP for Pensions Dashboard? – Ian Macintyre
IAN MACINTYRE This blog appeared on Ian’s Laverockfs blog . I like Ian as he explains what is really going on without spin. MVP – means the “minimum viable product” needed to reach the “dashboard accessible point”. WHAT IS AN … Continue reading
Laura Trott wants pensioners to check if they can get Pension Credit
It’s Pension Credit Action Week and to kick it off – here’s what the Government are getting out;- DWP joins forces with charities and broadcasters to encourage pensioners to check their eligibility and apply for Pension Credit. Nearly 1.4 million … Continue reading
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DC decumulation update TODAY at 10.30am
I was sitting in a meeting at the PLSA conference last week when the bloke in the seat in front of me asked a very sensible question about risk capacity. It turned out it was Chris Nicholls and that … Continue reading
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The quiet revolution at the Pensions Regulator
In a submission to the Work and Pensions select committee inquiry into DB pensions, The Pensions Regulator encourages broader consideration of a wider role for the PPF. pic.twitter.com/g2ACSuAEPe — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) June 12, 2023 I’ve written several times recently … Continue reading
“You have no ENTITLEMENT to our savings” – a message to London Tech Week
Our Pension funds are not ATMs for cash-hungry technology companies. Erin Platts, boss of Silicon Valley Bank UK, (now known as HSBC Innovation Banking) tells Saul Klein @localglobevc there needs to be “structural change” to unlock capital in pension funds … Continue reading
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Chris Nichols gives the Pension PlayPen Newton’s investment update
I was sitting in a meeting at the PLSA conference last week when the bloke in the seat in front of me asked a very sensible question about risk capacity. It turned out it was Chris Nicholls and that he … Continue reading
We cannot be world beating unless we take financial risk with our capital
Martin Woolf, begins his latest opinion piece in the FT As a result of a series of narrow, short-sighted and overly theoretical decisions, the UK has ended up with a pensions system that is incapable of generating the supply of … Continue reading
Pensions and the political endgame
Pensions doesn’t exist in a political vacuum. The Government is currently in deep trouble with the electorate and looking to do serious things with pensions to prove that it can be innovative with our money. It is being expedient, … Continue reading
Scottish teachers' pay increases, such as the recent multi-year agreement negotiated via the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) covering…