Aitken is most concerned with life insurers/assurers. Warren Buffett invested in non-life insurers for their distinctive economics, particularly the investment…
Agreed - though the contribution rates into private sector DB when we were accruing was often less than deficit payments…
my point is a simple one. Apart from DB pension provision in the U.K. is a disgrace Individual Median Pension…
It's a made up statistic and I'm sure AI would give you a different one but we need to accept…
Monthly Archives: August 2025
America loses at home, Ukraine dropped from the tournament
I am waking early on the morning after the morning before, the morning when America and Russia were supposed to have a deal to put to the team dropped from the tournament, Ukraine. “The fact that this meeting even took … Continue reading
Coffee Morning – Climate Change – What are the Tipping Points & When will they happen?
Coffee Morning – Climate Change – What are the Tipping Points & When will they happen? Type Online meeting on Teams When Tuesday August 19th 2025 – 10.30 am CPD included You are cordially invited to attend our next online … Continue reading
Faced with financial uncertainty of the end of life? Steve Webb at his best
Steve Webb asks for feedback. I would ask anyone who is facing a long term future being looked after privately or knows someone facing this prospect to listen to this three minute video. Steve is taking seriously the financial consequences … Continue reading
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Tagged Death, Lifetime mortgage, Nursing fees, Pensions, Steve Webb
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Romania promotes its DC pensions to win it OECD recognition.
Does this sound familiar? We can count ourselves very lucky in Britain to have continuity over time. But it sounds as if our proposed policies are catching on in Romania, where private pensions are relatively new. OECD recognition is a … Continue reading
Strawberries fit for King Charles III. They could be yours!
My partner’s sister is Sarah and she’s a retired teacher, about to be a pensioned teacher. She’s busy looking after family, singing with her ukulele and painting. I didn’t know anything of this painting business until I had access to … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, King Charles III, picture, Sarah, Strawberry, Waitrose
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DC pensions need liquidity, here’s the price you may pay in pension
Private markets in my Pension – yes please The idea of investing in pensions is that the money stays invested over time. I have argued that when DC schemes start paying pensions they do so on a collective basis. If … Continue reading
Short-termism of financiers a mis-match for the horizon of pensions
I ran a blog about the infinite horizons of pensions, I was writing in 2020 when the idea that our pension system would be generally in surplus was ludicrous. I argued that it was and that the PPF would not … Continue reading
Lady Lucy drops her price from £95,000 to £62,000 to find a new owner!
Thanks to Professional Pensions for this wonderful video of Lady Lucy. It’s first minute aren’t about pensions but about my boat so sorry Pension lovers, but this is just some lovely shots , mostly taken by drone of the boat … Continue reading
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A new kind of influencer – the financial flame thrower?
Here is a new kind of influencer – the influencer on social media. My friend Derek Scott, who is my kind of financial influencer sent me this – which has interesting comparison with what I have been suggesting in the … Continue reading
How will you get scuttled when your time comes?
Boats die at sea, businesses die in an office, people die and like boats and businesses they are on their own at the end and may get a klaxon like this boat did, but not much else. If you have … Continue reading
"A couple might scrape together a combined private capital base of £240,000 provides only around £9,600 to £11,000 per year…