Monthly Archives: March 2024
Margaret Snowdon on scams and scam prevention
Pension scamming is a curse as it affects people’s retirement income and reduces confidence in pension saving. Over the past 25 years, Margaret Snowdon has been a voice of reason, highlighting the impact of this curse, making decision makers aware … Continue reading
ONS data casts doubt on UK DB funding levels
DB Pensions Data and Policy Analysis Iain Clacher & Con Keating The new Funding Regulations laid before Parliament have an impact assessment which relies upon analysis provided by the Pensions Regulator (TPR). Similarly, the current consultation on options for … Continue reading
The high price we are paying for pension fraud
This blog is about a discussion in parliament about cleaning up a legacy of pension scams and a discussion in the popular press about how legislation designed to stop those scams is leading to popular discontent. This morning, we continue … Continue reading
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For Government, “the less said about WASPI – the better”.
Here’s a reminder of @JosephineCumbo’s research showing the excellent job done by the national press in communicating rises to women’s state pension age. It must have been very hard to miss the extensive coverage. #WASPI https://t.co/eFSD66zwfx — Moira O’Neill (@MoiraONeill) … Continue reading
Let’s pay the price for WASPI
The WASPI timeline 1995: A law is passed setting out a timetable to eventually raise the retirement age for women to 65, so it would be the same as men. Under the 1995 Pensions Act, the plan is to phase in … Continue reading
Do they mean us? How Aussies view Pom’s pension advice!
I don’t know what I’d do without Jim Hennington. I am as interested in how Australia sees us as how we see Australia. Here Jim, who lives over here, is speaking to his Australian audience – An Alastair Cook of … Continue reading
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Value for savers from their pensions
I’m conscious that the title of this blog is not simple, the business of measuring value from pensions is easy in retrospect but hard in prospect. I am glad that the FCA aren’t ducking the issue. The FCA has published … Continue reading
The cost of living crisis’ long tail
Some home truths for those who think that the fall in inflation spells the turning point and things can only get better. Because the rate of inflation is falling , doesn’t mean prices are falling The main costs we … Continue reading
Calpers and their $320 Private Markets bet
In this morning’s article on the DCIF annual event, I argued that there needs to be a better case for our DC schemes to invest in pension schemes. Simply arguing that there are less barriers is not enough. I finish … Continue reading
Pension PlayPen buy-out debate a bit of a damp squib.
I admit to being a little frustrated by yesterday’s Pension PlayPen coffee morning which did not yield very much to the small audience that had gathered to hear Hymans Robertson talk of the risk transfer market. You can watch the … Continue reading