My personal situation is that case study, with one employer offering pension contributions themselves plus salary sacrifice for mine and…
It is revealing when the independent commentators take a strong side. And thenk you for this helpful perspective.
I cannot imagine there are many 75 year olds who see using an occupational or workplace pension as a way…
Ships of state need time to turn and cannot respond to 24 hour news especially when the destination is ill…
Monthly Archives: July 2024
Reality is only a screen away
I suspect the commuter trains will be more than half-empty this morning and that those who make it to work will either be anti-football or wearing dark glasses. Listening to radio 3 on Sunday morning , I became aware of … Continue reading
Can we lift British business from the relegation zone?
“We should beware of easy answers to our long term productivity problem”. That is the gist of Con Keating’s latest blog. He argues that while on the face of it , the near £3trillion store of wealth in funded pensions … Continue reading
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If you could change one thing in pensions- what would it be?
With the election fought and won, the new Labour Government has promised us a thorough review of workplace pensions. The consensus view is that this should be about the 2017 auto-enrolment reforms, promised by The Theresa May Government for … Continue reading
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Super Thursday double party action. Barker Tatham and First Actuarial doubleup.
Pension PlayPen has a long history of partying and I’m pleased to see us teaming up with a couple of friends to offer drinks and nibbles to our many friends Many of us don’t drink alcohol at lunchtime but … Continue reading
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Keating casts doubt on pensions as engines for growth
Investment and Growth Con Keating Introduction The exhortations for pension funds to invest for growth have been widely publicised in recent years. It has been, and remains, government policy. Unfortunately, ‘growth’ investment seems to have been interpreted in … Continue reading
Why DON’T people BUY annuities then?
I’m not above giving two plugs to my good friends, David Orford, Jim Hennington and Peter Rowe’s new book. That Q code works and I’ve bought the book, Unlike Australia, the UK does have an annuity culture. The state annuity … Continue reading
Angela Rayner – a woman who knows how to conduct herself (and others)
I remember the moment well; I was talking with Unison’s Colin Meach in the lobby of the QE Hall seven or eight years ago. Beside him was a red-haired woman I took to being one of Colin’s team. “I don’t … Continue reading
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Why Emma Reynolds can help Thames Water and its pensioners.
So far, Government has played nicely with pension funds, allowing them to agree investment strategies that have an eye to long-term growth rather than to regress into “de-risking”. But pension funds are no longer run by well meaning amateurs but … Continue reading
Why do we overpay for fund and asset management?
The price we are paying for others to manage our retirement funds is the subject of Jo Cumbo’s last piece of writing as FT global pension correspondent and it is a theme that she has developed over the past decade. … Continue reading
Why don’t pension fund surpluses make us happy?
The PPF press release implies that in a month £5bn was apparently good news, though no one seems to be very much the happier. Defined benefit (DB) pension scheme surpluses saw a further increase during June, Pension Protection Fund (PPF) … Continue reading
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