This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…
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…
Monthly Archives: April 2025
Leaseholders can be treated like scum because they have few legal rights
I am publishing Jonathan’s story so that the powers that be have another piece of evidence from ordinary leaseholders of the way they are treated. Thank you Jonathan for sharing Jonathan Livingstone is someone trying to sort out a claim … Continue reading
We cannot prevent climate change , we must prepare for its impact
I will be making my way across London today to the Westmorland Hospital (part of UCL) to divine what is wrong with my body that I am wrapped up by pain. It may be that I emerge without tubes sticking … Continue reading
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“Get Real” said Torsten – is this what he meant?
I suppose we could have said if Reeves and Bell had not flagged investment ambitions for our pension schemes that a nice safe strategy of corporate bonds and gilts would have done. But it seems that she wants “pension” schemes … Continue reading
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Liberalism is the most successful idea of the last 400 years
This has been a liberal weak for Europe and particularly Britain and Canada. It is only Tuesday but I feel a lot of things are going right. The mood of British thinkers was expressed over the weekend by Simon Sharma … Continue reading
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Untapped pension? Release it today – join here (gratis)!
I have seldom been so excited to be chairing one of our papers as today. the boys have been with us before but not with the excellent paper they have put forward. Hymans’ paper is attracting attention at the highest … Continue reading
The liberal answer for American students;- BRITAIN!
Cambridge LGBT 100 is in physical form at Girton College Cambridge. You can view the exhibition here. My son who left Girton very happily, could not explain what the physical form of LGBT looks like Some of the people picture … Continue reading
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That it can bring forward what we hope for
This blog is normally full of words but not this piece. We don’t know what was said nor the sincerity but it was said in a sacred place to those who understand religion. I hope that it will bring a … Continue reading
Are the only proper covenants those from the Treasury?
I wrote a blog over the weekend (sorry it was badly written – I was in some pain). In it I said that employers had every right to make promises about pensions over-reached the expectancy of the management to be … Continue reading
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Frightening people drawing down from SIPPs with tax advice.
I am worried that most people I know have very little knowledge or wish to know about the drawdown of pensions from SIPPs. Most people want a simple means of getting paid a pension without tax overpayments, tax rebates and … Continue reading
Paying to people who are alive today and will be alive next century
I have a very mystified CEO concerned that a pension scheme should be looking to pay pensions beyond the life expectancy of him and presumably his pension executive/trustee Let me give you a worked example from a real member of … Continue reading
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When only 8 to 15 mega-trusts dominate the entire defined contribution (DC) and LGPS landscape, peer-group risk may override manager…