Monthly Archives: September 2023
A good day for auto-enrolment saving.
The enabling legislation is now in place for the 2017 auto-enrolment reforms to be put in place. We have a small number of dedicated politicians to thank for this, including Ros Altmann. It was an honour to steer the Extension … Continue reading
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The PPF – a victim of excess tenderness?
The FT sees a backlash from business as Pension Protection Fund’s reserves swell to more than £12bn. The PPF is consulting on halving its levy from £200m to £100m pa, but many are saying this is too little and … Continue reading
David Brooks – pension scams – PP Coffee morning – link here.
“Pension scams ruin lives and inflict immense financial and mental trauma on victims. It is great that we are seeing substantial progress against fraudsters with the proportion of adults receiving unsolicited approaches regarding their pension falling rapidly. Action … Continue reading
I’m going for a GMP makeover at lunchtime.
A group of large pension schemes are launching what they claim to be a free service communicating changes to Guaranteed Minimum Pensions. I’m about to find out more. There are many exciting things happening in pensions but changes to Guaranteed … Continue reading
Thames re-branded and “bipolarised”
Lady Lucy motored up through Hambledon Lock on Sunday morning, its crew noting that Russell Brand’s thatched cottage had its doors open and lights on. We came back in the afternoon, clearly the family was at home. It was … Continue reading
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Pensioner gulags for “Argentina on the channel”
Liz Truss tells LBC’s @HenryRiley1 that the retirement age needs to be raised and the sustainability of the triple lock is a ‘huge problem’. She also confirms that she will attend the Conservative conference next month and ‘will be saying … Continue reading
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What employers know about their pensions – the brutal truth
Are you interested in why employers end up with the workplace pension into which they pay their and their staff’s money? Do you want to know more about how they value that pension and why they consider switching pensions? Then … Continue reading
The Government had been warned about LDI – it just didn’t listen.
We saw the LDI crisis coming – we called it. Lis Truss had not been warned because none of her people were listening. If regulators had seen the Sep22 pensions crisis coming – and Truss had been warned – … Continue reading
Did pensions awareness week work? If so – for who?
Pension Awareness Week has been and gone. I cannot say I contributed much to its delivery – though this blog and Pension PlayPen did their best to promote awareness of it as a thing. All week I saw posts which … Continue reading
Derna – a man-made or natural disaster?
For the people of north east Libya and particularly the town of Derna, discussions over whether their devastation was caused by climate change are of little interest, they are burying their dead. But the debate is live and as people … Continue reading