Here's another way for a pension fund to get in the soup. https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-catholic-clergy-sex-abuse-scandal.html
I had earlier today read a medical research article reporting on a Japanese study that found that “supercentenarians” — those…
The simple truth is that the pension system is very good at taking your money, and may or may not…
That is a good point about the ordinary person/voter due to being too poor to get interested in political donations.…
Monthly Archives: May 2024
Labour’s National Wealth Fund needs genuine ambition
There’s something very wrong about the CEO of Barclays telling Rachel Reeves “we’re all in it together” , to a backdrop of financial emporia in Canary Wharf. Those who are not given access to the upper floors of Barclays Global … Continue reading
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It can be done – new inflation deal agreed for pre-1997 Reuters Pensioners
I have published a number of articles pointing out the lack of help given to older pensioners by pension schemes that can afford to pay increases on a discretionary basis to those who have been “left behind”. This article, first … Continue reading
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Here we go – ISIO- free to go
Today’s Pension PlayPen coffee morning with Mike Smedley is free to go- to readers of this blog. Just press this link at 10.25pm to get in Pension PlayPen Coffee Morning – ISIO’s Mike Smedley updates us on their recent … Continue reading
“Triple lock plus” – not a policy but a bribe
The idea behind “triple lock plus” is that millions of pensioners who are living “tax-free”, should stay that way. This would involve re-introducing a personal allowance for those over state pension age whose threshold would be at the rate of … Continue reading
Big insurers treble pension asset offload to Bermuda.
On 16 November 2023, the UK Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) released draft measures to address perceived risks in the market for funded reinsurance, which is widely used as part of transactions that shift pension scheme liabilities to insurers. What is funded … Continue reading
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“You don’t need an anger translator – you need counselling”
How we deal with our inner anger, how we offer to the whole wide world is explored by then President Obama with his “anger translator”- Luther at an American press dinner, Arun Muralidhar has shared this with me – likening … Continue reading
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Rent controls are not the answer – taxing the value of land is.
John Plender writes in the FT that the Labour party’s flirtation with rent controls in London would do more harm than good. I am not a private landlord, have recently rented in London and know a lot of under 30s … Continue reading
Tapper poised to clinch First Actuarial Monkey League
While awaiting the start of this morning’s service, I decided to check the standings of the First Actuarial Monkey League, to find that I am on the cusp of victory To be clear, this is a game of skill, where … Continue reading
NatWest share-sale “stymied” – investing in our stock market is hard work!
The Times reports that Jeremy Hunt has abandoned his plan to sell shares in NatWest to the public (at least for the period of the election). Investing in UK stocks may be what the Government want us to do, but … Continue reading
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Aron Muralidhar and DC’s fake risk transfer
There is in American football something called the “pump fake” which is a quarterback’s way of distracting the opposing defence by shaping to throw but not releasing the ball This is what I suppose Arun Muralidhar is getting at in … Continue reading
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This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…