This blogs itself whether mineworkers have had many breaks over the last 100 years and concludes that they haven't. So…
The answer to the groundhopping nerd's question at the end of that blog may be Hadley FC, but it's moot…
The discussion about housing and making better use of available space raises an interesting point: not everyone needs a large…
One of the biggest challenges in elderly care is making sure people receive support that reflects their individual needs, rather…
Monthly Archives: August 2025
We cannot retire the voices of those over 55!
I have had a lot of fuming from my older friends over comments about “wrinklies moaning” (probably a misrepresentation of what Government is saying about the Pension PlayPen but certainly something that brings us together!) Here is Jnamdoc who I … Continue reading
“Are Aussie Supers showing us the way?” asks our National Wealth Fund boss.
Yesterday, Aussie Aware Super, EMS (Equitix) and the National Wealth Fund announced a £500m investment in battery technology. The FT reports the story through Mary McDougall. The story for pensions is that not one penny was raised from UK pension … Continue reading
Pension Playmates discuss what to say to the Pension Commission
This video may be useful to those who are wishing to sign the Pension PlayPen’s Open Letter to the Pension Commission II. A quick ring round the playmates I’m in contact with suggests that few will sign up till they … Continue reading
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Torsten Bell to take charge of economic policy – now through to the budget.
The following report is from the New Statesman today and suggests that the pensions minister is going to take a prominent role in crafting the budget later in the year. Torsten Bell is to help lead Budget preparations as Rachel … Continue reading
M&G, Schroders and Hargreaves look for “new entrant path relief”.
Pension stories are hard to find at this time of the year so the idea of Hargreaves Lansdown, M&G (Prudential) and Schroders ganging up to offer something genuinely different is not that odd – it is hard to see how … Continue reading
This morning 10.30 – Pension Commission roundtable – entry here
Please join us for our next online Coffee Morning today Tuesday 26th August. At our Pensions Commission relaunch event on August 5th, we heard the thoughts of those at Pension PlayPen have been delivered by Bryn Davies, Arun Muralidhar and … Continue reading
Get VFM pensions for all – leave the Pension Commission to it.
I spent a little time reading the immediate thoughts of Martin Wolf after the publication of the Pension Schemes Bill – an economists response to an economist pension minister. Woolf’s initial reaction was that this Bill redefined our second pensions … Continue reading
When golf makes you stay up – Tommy’s #1
I don’t stay up late, in bed by 10pm but not last night. Tommy Fleetwood is someone you’d like as a friend, for my generation – we’d be proud to have him as a son! The best moment was after … Continue reading
USS members may have claims for the Pension Ombudsman- comments Mike Otsuka
I’d like to elaborate on the following sentence in Jackie Grant’s post: “Even more astonishingly, what they have been doing, since at least 2016, was not even in the Scheme Rules until they retroactively amended them in May of … Continue reading
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Private equity disappearing up its own rear orifice!
“Our view is that we find better risk-return opportunities in the first chapter of a CV than a second,” said Stepstone’s Johnston. This is a private equity commentator at Stepstone explaining succinctly a problem which the rest of us have … Continue reading
That raises the wider question as to whether pension scheme surpluses should be "localised". Should TPR with it statutory duty…