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Priest Alaska brought back the woman I love after another man nearly destroyed our marriage. My wife’s personality had changed…
Majority of clubs on edge of 'financial disaster' - regulator https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c6vgx70pzq1jo The regulator says 60% of clubs do not have…
Yawn. Yet another survey of a small sample of pension scheme members, 40 pages in length. I wish instead they'd…
Monthly Archives: July 2023
Dashboard doldrums
While everything else in pensions appears to be moving on, the pensions dashboard program appears to be becalmed and – judging by the two events I’ve witnessed this week, suffering a confidence crisis. On Wednesday Chris Curry met with cross … Continue reading
Alternatives to buy-out – the new DB surplus opportunity
Thanks to Willis Towers Watson for an excellent seminar yesterday. I am now a lot clearer in my head about the “DB surplus opportunity” though I’m not clear why (as the slide intimates) schemes that could afford buy-out shouldn’t choose … Continue reading
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After the blizzard – Tom McPhail explains the Mansion House reforms!
I’ve dug myself out from the “blizzard” of consultations , responses and calls for evidence from Government and I’m now sitting on top of the mountain hut trying to work out what is going on. A good way to work … Continue reading
As CDC becomes mainstream – lets “KISS” – CDC’s just a non-guaranteed pension.
First a tribute to the people who have made CDC happen. This is the first time I have put CDC in the title of a blog expecting it to be a turn on not a turn off to my readers. … Continue reading
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Industry mindset shift needed to deliver value for pension savers
12 July 2023 / Guest post from Nausicaa Delfas, CEO of the Pensions Regulator Investing for a pension is often the only and largest investment people make. Savers rely on the pension system working as hard as it can to … Continue reading
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Tagged Assests, CEO, DB, Funding Code, growth, Mindset, Nausicaa Delfas, Pensions, TPR
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The trouble with trustees ( DWP and HMT get “constructively tough”)
The wildest of all the consultations and calls for evidence issued today (July 11) is undoubtedly the call for evidence on trustee skills, capability and culture. The following blog is written in a spirit of “constructive toughness” (see below). The … Continue reading
Steve Webb – “what is the Government trying to do?”
Speaking with considerable modesty, Steve Webb addressed the Pension PlayPen the morning after the night of the Mansion House Speech. Although not at the event in person, he was there in spirit , referenced by Jeremy Hunt in his speech … Continue reading
Trott plans to revive ambition within DB pensions.
When Laura Trott arrived in post she called up a few people who Guy Opperman had suggested to her and told them she intended to narrow the difference between DB and DC outcomes. I was one of them. Frankly, I … Continue reading
The price of taking “wanted” risk off the table; Mansion House’s sub-text
There are two ways for a Chancellor to promise £1,000 extra pension to us. The proper way is through the state pension, in 2022 the Government didn’t uplift the state pension by inflation meaning millions will be losing out … Continue reading
Steve Webb, fresh from the Mansion House – 10.30 today at Pension PlayPen
Steve is one of Britain’s premier pension commentators , having been Minister for Pensions during the Coalition. Now he’s a consultant for LCP and he appears on every platform from the Martin Lewis Money Show to the Work and Pensions … Continue reading
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This particular question wasn’t asked or answered but Oliver was very clear that the launch is only the start. The…