Monthly Archives: October 2024

Reflections on the PLSA Annual Conference

Posted on October 18, 2024 by henry tapper

MT heads of ⁦@UKMercer⁩ and ⁦@smartpensionuk⁩ . Who is the lion- who the lamb! #plsaannual24 pic.twitter.com/lLWa1VOtc0 — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) October 18, 2024 I was invited to the Conference as a freelance journalist as I have been , these past … Continue reading →

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Pension Bureaucracy and the entrepreneur

Posted on October 18, 2024 by henry tapper

  I am writing this blog as a corollary to this morning’s complaint that pensions are failing the country by investing in “risk-free” Government debt rather than in the equity of this country’s enterprises. This blog explains how, in creating … Continue reading →

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It’s not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me….

Posted on October 18, 2024 by henry tapper

I’m travelling down to London on the Avanti West Coast Line, reading a paper that’s been sent me from Perthshire by my friends. The paper’s called “Why Britain’s stagnated” and it’s written by Ben Southwell, Samuel Hughes and Sam Bowman. … Continue reading →

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What is Pension SuperHaven?

Posted on October 17, 2024 by henry tapper

I’ve been having a number of inquiries over the past few days about what the Pension SuperHaven is. It’s good that it’s getting talked about at the PLSA Annual conference, but to reduce strain on my tired larynx, here is … Continue reading →

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Providers jockey for position as default decumulation hoves into view

Posted on October 17, 2024 by henry tapper

A feature of this year’s PLSA conference is the increasing attention being paid to the decumulation (spending) of pension pots built up through auto-enrolment and elsewhere. Sessions on how to spend the pot have been popular Full house for a … Continue reading →

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PLSA and the absence of contention

Posted on October 17, 2024 by henry tapper

  I was looking back to my first NAPF conference , almost 30 years ago and considering how it compared to the PLSA event this year. I suspect that in terms of scale and commerciality, today’s event easily exceeds its … Continue reading →

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CDC you later – a blog from the PLSA fringe.

Posted on October 16, 2024 by henry tapper

I got on the 9.43 to Liverpool which ran as a train should run, straight and on time. My compartment seemed to be primarily pension people, I sat opposite the CEO of the COE (Church of England) John Ball. Beside … Continue reading →

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Treasury declares £40bn spending cuts as PLSA mulls “adequacy”.

Posted on October 16, 2024 by henry tapper

Emma Reynolds points out over 5m people not auto- enrolled into a pension but tells #plsaannual24 we’ll have to wait till phase 2 of pensions review pic.twitter.com/Ei3vuoLZxS — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) October 15, 2024 The PLSA were treated to Emma … Continue reading →

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Is the well running dry for the insurer’s buy-out plans?

Posted on October 15, 2024 by henry tapper

This article draws on information available in NatWest’s Market Insights into “Insurance Origination and Solutions”. More here. We are used to stories about the surge in buy-outs in 2024 but NatWest ask a different question and suggest that the heralded … Continue reading →

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PMI and Schroder’s initiative for success and self-sufficiency

Posted on October 15, 2024 by henry tapper

There has been a little confusion about the PMI and Schroders’ Lifetime Savings Initiative. It’s actually quite hard to find the report and it’s best downloaded on this link In this blog I aim to resolve the confusion and give … Continue reading →

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