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…
That is a good point about the ordinary person/voter due to being too poor to get interested in political donations.…
Monthly Archives: July 2025
We don’t have to have a gilt-less pension system – give collective DC and DB half a chance!
The people I hang out with are bifurcated between the DC people (consumer facing) and those who deal (institutionally) with funding. Put Richard Smith among the consumerists and you get Jo Cumbo writing for him, put Con Keating at the … Continue reading
House owners, enjoy your pension ; renters feed your landlord
Let’s not kid ourselves about the price of our house rising fast enough for us not to have to think about savings, it’s just not like that anymore Yes houses have gone up over the past five years in absolute … Continue reading
Moving on from Lady Lucy to a better lady still!
Last November I was knocked off a bike onto my head and was given a 10% recovery chance by the neurological team at Kings Hospital. I vowed I wouldn’t drink when I left their company and not a drop of … Continue reading
Tom Hayes – there is a life ahead – and respect.
In a compassionate article, the FT’s Alastair Grey asks the questions about how Tom Hayes was pictured a freed man outside Southwark Court when 10 years before he was snapped being driven off to jail in a security van. It … Continue reading
The reassurance of a state pension in a golden age for pensioners
I’m very glad for reassurance as issued by that good man Robert Cochran It is very important that people to continue to have confidence in their pensions in general and in what the state pension offers. In the comment are … Continue reading
The Store First claimants face charges – what for Trafalgar Multi Asset investors?
High Court Rules in Trafalgar Multi Asset Fund Case against James Hadley and associates. In a High Court judgment in 2023 , Judge Mr. Nicholas Thompsell found that the Cayman-Islands based Trafalgar Multi Asset Fund (TMAF) was involved in an illegal … Continue reading
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The Serious Fraud Office charges Store First – 9 years on!
The Serious Fraud Office has today charged multiple individuals with fraud related offences, following a complex investigation into the transfer of £75 million in pension funds into storage units based mainly in the North of England and Scotland. Toby Whittaker, … Continue reading
Its DATA can measure if your “pension” gives Value for Money
Most of us have some benefits at retirement due to us from savings we and our employer have made on our behalf. A record of the amounts paid and what they bought by way of units in funds is held … Continue reading
Paul Todd explains Nest’s approach to paying pensions
You are cordially invited to join our next Coffee Morning at which Paul Todd, COO of NEST will be talking and answering our questions. If you want to understand where Nest is coming from, press the button on the you … Continue reading
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Collective or Personal payment of pensions?
The discussion on how people get paid pensions is beginning to gather pace and about time too! There are two competing approaches. The first is collective and is what has given us defined benefit pensions, This has shrunk from its … Continue reading
This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…