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: June 2025
Hymans discuss the proper process to get your pension scheme sorted
Here is your free link as a reader of this blog Pension PlayPen has been pretty good at keeping the tone refined and in line with the Government’s wish that pensions focus on investment and strategy. I can announce … Continue reading
“Engagement isn’t broken but our approach to it might be!” Silcock + Craig
I like to re-publish good stuff and I found today a good day to republish a discussion between Joe Craig and Daniela Silcock about how we answer people’s interest in their pension. It’s a good day as today is the … Continue reading
“Targeted support” – ten years late but welcome still.
I don’t mean to sound cynical but the FCA began on a review of whether providers could give people a nudge in May 2019, when it said it was looking to “probe the financial advice gap”. In April this year, … Continue reading
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What are the hopes for Smart? An interview with James Lawrence
After 23 minutes of discussing sport and in particular the opportunities available to go to watch cricket and other freebies, I was tempted to switch off this podcast. But I didn’t and I am glad I didn’t because it told … Continue reading
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I agree with People’s Mikulskis; Britain’s #1 in pension innovation!
I don’t go to Paris much these days , unlike the great and good visiting Amundi and OECD (Standard Life!). It is so long that I have jetted around Europe that I wonder what it is like! All of these … Continue reading
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How we loved and fell out of love with the FTSE 30 (a lesson for pensions)
John Plender has been an FT correspondent as long as most people have been alive and lately he’s started turning up at Pension PlayPen coffee mornings, which has made us very happy, as John’s deep knowledge of markets is important … Continue reading
So did you first get Pulp – in 1995 or 2025?
The night that Jarvis was singing to us again , a book came through the email and I opened it and had a good read. I can’t share it yet , because its not published till August 7th and it’s … Continue reading
“Live the now” Sarah! Tune into Jarvis and listen and watch Raye!
You don’t have to have much to have fun. Too right. Not many people can afford to go to Glastonbury, I was among the millions that tuned in and listened and watched to Faye (and Jarvis and Doechii , Charli, … Continue reading
Why wealth managers and advisers shouldn’t dismiss the Pension Schemes Bill
This article is the Pension Schemes Act will be important to clients and their advisers This month the Pension Minister, Torsten Bell published a long Bill concerned with Pension Schemes. Intermediaries in the retail market may consider it has little … Continue reading
Get pensions sorted then you can scaremonger about behaviour.
It seems that the asset management and insurance industry are by-passing the questions posed to them by the Pension Schemes Bill in favour of the debate they want to happen. JP Morgan asset management has found that young people are … Continue reading
Scottish teachers' pay increases, such as the recent multi-year agreement negotiated via the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) covering…