Monthly Archives: October 2023
USS & industrial relations at UK universities: a brief history in four graphs
If you couldn’t be at the CISI 24 Pensions forum, you missed this great speech from Jackie, thanks to the wonders of google, this blog can bring you not just her graphs, but a transcript of what she said on … Continue reading
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Pensions for the people who like the state pension best – This morning 10.30
I’m really pleased to have Arun Muralidhar back joining us for a Pension PlayPen coffee morning. He’ll be talking about “Selfies”, his unique proposition which is catching on in countries as diverse as the Netherlands and Brazil. His proposition is … Continue reading
Get Productive with our Finance on Thursday
Well done to SG enterprises for getting an agenda together than properly addresses some of the key issues we and the Government are facing as the autumn legislative agenda looms. A week before the King’s Speech, BlackRock are sponsoring an … Continue reading
Can we really call a pot a pension? PIC calls the emperor’s new clothes
Yesterday, Pension Insurance Corporation called for DC pots to be redesignated as savings not pensions PIC: “Finding a new way to talk about defined contribution pensions, with employers taking a lead in financial education, would allow Britain to have a … Continue reading
Lifestyling the symptom not the cause of DC pension problems
The FT’s headline and accompanying article touches the symptom not the cause of the problem facing DC savers. In more technical language, Lex explains Mature savers who were shunted into bonds at record-high prices may now find their lifestyle fund … Continue reading
Virgin Money’s replacement pension still not ready – reports IGC.
The Virgin IGC published its Independent Governance Committees’ report on 28th September. I was under the mistaken belief that Virgin had downgraded its IGC to a GAA. I was wrong and apologies to Virgin Money , its IGC and in … Continue reading
How many more “pension tracing days” till dashboards come?
How was your national pensions tracing day on Sunday? It’s the day when financial services people like articles about the pension pots their customers have lost. In the 24 hours granted you, did you find any pensions or were you … Continue reading
Investing in illiquids requires better information
Conversations about illiquid investments have been continuing for some time. My interest in what has become a key element of Government thinking was sparked by this excellent conversation at a Hymans Robertson conference in January I’m impressed by a … Continue reading
Pensions for the people who like the state pension best
I’m really pleased to have Arun Muralidhar back joining us for a Pension PlayPen coffee morning. He’ll be talking about “Selfies”, his unique proposition which is catching on in countries as diverse as the Netherlands and Brazil. His proposition is … Continue reading
Prospect – a great union moving pensions forward
If there’s one union that can be relied on for information about pensions, it’s Prospect. As part of its DB inquiry, the @CommonsWorkPen has asked the PPF to update its analysis of providing indexation in respect of pension accrued … Continue reading