Monthly Archives: February 2023
What’s all this pensions VFM malarkey then ? Find out tomorrow at 10.30 am!
It’s only the pension’s consumer duty – innit! I’m still of the view that the DWP are onto a winner with this VFM Framework. But my list of questions just got a bit longer as I spent the weekend watching … Continue reading
Australia’s straight talking on bogus pension tax incentives
The taxation of pension wealth in the UK is under review as the Treasury considers whether it needs to apply constraints on contributions (the annual and money purchase annual allowance) as well as on withdrawals from pension funds valued at … Continue reading
LDI – “investment or speculation?” – Keating and Clacher
On 1st January, we published our first short blog on the proposed DB Funding Code: In that commentary, we raised several issues of principle with state directed investment, as well as issues over the magnitude of the risk … Continue reading
It was Liz wot dunnit
In the great game of Sleuth where we try to discover the architect of Liz Truss’ downfall, we are presented with a version of what happened last summer that suggests she was brought down by the “left-wing ec0nomic establishment”. … Continue reading
The two choices open to Laura Trott over CDC
In a recent blog I argue that the latest consultation on CDC will not get off the ground. It assumes that CDC has employer support and it assumes that DWP can run multi-employer schemes and decumulation arrangements through TPR’s CDC … Continue reading
Why the new CDC consultation is a non-starter
The problem for the CDC consultation is clear before we open its foreword. We hear who the consultation is designed for pension scheme trustees and managers, particularly those from DC Master Trust schemes pension scheme service providers, other industry bodies and … Continue reading
Why AgeWage is so keen to make “Value for Money” work.
AgeWage was set up to improve the pensions savers got from the pots people built up from workplace saving. We have seen a problem reporting to people the value of their savings in “value for money terms”. We addressed this … Continue reading
VFM – Tuesday 10.30am – The DWP will be answering our questions – pensionplaypen.com a
TO REGISTER CLICK “ATTENDING” HERE In their podcast on the VFM consultation, Darren and Nico joke that VFM is the most eagerly awaited consultation since the last eagerly awaited consultation. The lads were tongue in cheek but I’d … Continue reading
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Pensions Expert – an update.
I was very surprised by the number of calls and mails I received yesterday following my publishing the tweet from Maria Espadinha announcing she was leaving to join the PLSA’s policy team. This follow up is to clear up a … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Michael, Angus Peters, Gilian Wadsworth, Maria Espidanha, Pensions Expert, Tom Powdrill
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DWP – live Q&A on VFM; Tuesday 10.30 am – online and free
The VFM consultation was not written by a robot, it was written by Des Healy, who is one of the good guys Des wants to answer our questions on why the VFM Framework is a big deal , what it … Continue reading