Monthly Archives: March 2024
“Remember the member” – Hymans find what we want from pensions are pensions
Key findings Our research shows that a significant 75% of DC savers aged 55 or over would find it helpful for their DC savings to automatically start paying them an income when they reach the point of retirement. Over 83% of these individuals would like … Continue reading
What are Labour going to do about pensions?
If there is a Labour Pensions Agenda for the next Government , I haven’t seen it yet . But I have seen the TUC’s agenda for the Trade Union Pension Conference today and it doesn’t look like this. It … Continue reading
Pot for life (more than a hippy’s dream)
Having roved around the basement of the National Liberal Club with David Robbins and the Pension PlayPen crew (more on this later) , I cycled through a wet Whitehall to the offices of the Social Market Foundation meeting along the … Continue reading
Why I’m not at Cheltenham this week
Traditionally I have been in Cheltenham this week, enjoying three and then four days of fun, losing a bit on the horses and gaining a bit on the waistline as the Guinness flows. Today will see me in a round … Continue reading
David Robbins – on the budget – Pension PlayPen 10.30 today – free link here
I’ll be talking with David Robbins from 10.30 am this morning. This is what we’ll be talking about What did you make of the budget from a pensions perspective? You’ve commented on the lack of a timetable for the AE … Continue reading
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EFL / Premier League dispute – a pension solution is at hand
The disagreement between the Prem and EFL continues and it’s all about money. I wrote about this last month , mentioning that the old Football League multi-employers DB pension scheme was hurting the lower league clubs with legacy liabilities but … Continue reading
Authentic – or too honest for your own good?
Every snake has its day Back in the day we used to recruit people on some DISC test thing where you were asked a lot of questions and you got analysed for “how you saw yourself”, “how others saw … Continue reading
No more monkey business on the DB funding code and regs.
This blog suggests that the Government’s consultation on the DB funding regulations and the yet to be published DB funding code is monkey business. The DWP should take a step back before making more mistakes. After years of too-ing and … Continue reading
Budget a “no score draw” for growth – Haldane
Andy Haldane seems to be Rachel Reeves’ favorite economist. They worked together at the Bank of England and he now runs the Royal Society of the Arts, a kind of think-tank that is left-leaning enough not to annoy her … Continue reading
Maynard on putting people in the know at retirement.
Our current pensions minister charms us with an engaging “cuddliness”. But his style remind me of Frank Field’s. Just as you would not have wanted to have had an unpleasant conversation with Frank, so you would not want to get … Continue reading