When only 8 to 15 mega-trusts dominate the entire defined contribution (DC) and LGPS landscape, peer-group risk may override manager…
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…
Monthly Archives: April 2025
Populism or learning? Schama and the SDP v what we face from America
“The demand for lockstep obedience to the party line is the purest Sovietism and it is exactly why autocracies of knowledge always end up damaged by their intellectual self-harm”. Simon Schama makes the point of the current Republican experience in … 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
Pan and Delo – benchmark for VFM from trusteeship?
I’m pleased that we are back talking pensions with Steve Delo. Steve is part of a backbone of trustees who have come through the Sedgwick Noble Lowndes school of corporate pensions and you know what you’re getting with Steve and … Continue reading
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Advising folk about money as they retire?
I have a request from a major newspaper as to what I’d say to someone at retirement. Her questions are in bold , my answers are in blue. I don’t think my responses are precise enough. I’m sure that Steve … Continue reading
Truell’s impact – restoring a vision for pensions.
Prepared for a new era? I feel that the last five months of my life have been preparing me and the pension scheme I represent, Pension SuperHaven for a very different pension system. The very different pension system I believe … Continue reading
Get out there and spend your cash says Claer!
Claer Barrett and Charlotte Moore are two of my top journos because they write about the things we daren’t say. Charlotte’s got a hilarious article this week about bringing DB pensions back so under employed active fund managers can have … Continue reading
Paul and Calum – pension’s untapped possibilities next Tuesday
As regular readers know, I am a fan of Paul and Calum’s report on the untapped promise of pensions. Calum rather politely asked us to distribute his work With your permission, perhaps you might share the short form version of … Continue reading
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Small pots consolidators – sensible stuff
Pots of less the £1000 don’t do anyone any good. People lose them, people do no good with them, providers lose a lot of money unless efficient at dealing with small pots. Even the most efficient pensions have to cope … Continue reading
Pension Dashboards should not be a severe tax on employers and staff.
I am in a user group of small DB pension schemes , some of whom are looking to stay open, many struggling to meet the costs of staying as pensions and not dragging down their sponsors with costs. I was … Continue reading
Pensions are not a tax on today but an investment in tomorrow
I am outside my area of expertise but am conversing with people who are older and more experienced than me. I am going to look today at pensions as investments in our future rather than a tax on our lifestyle. … Continue reading
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Scottish teachers' pay increases, such as the recent multi-year agreement negotiated via the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) covering…