I am off early this morning on the Easy Jet to Glasgow, taxied on to the Cameron House on Loch Lomond.
I have an opportunity to meet with old friends and hear new ideas in a place well above my standard of living. I have DG publishing and those sponsoring this event. It’s called a DB Summit and I’m speaking (well on a panel) at the end.
I will of course feed back the interesting parts. Today’s this afternoon’s highlights start with David Walmsley who is talking from the Pensions Regulator’s view of Pension Trustee and Sarah Smart who is speaking as a former Chair of the Pensions Regulator. It’s a bookend of Brighton know-how though Sarah can now advise independently from the far east north.
It’s good to see that Darren Philp will be a devil. I have missed his devilry over the summer as his podcast has been off air, but he’s back this week telling us what he plans. The podcast can be accessed here.
It is a highly political time for pensions, not least because we have what looks like a pension budget swiftly followed by a Pension Schemes Bill turning to a Bill. The chit chat around the BBQ this evening will no doubt be what is likely to change.
My thoughts will go back a couple of years till the last talk from Chris Sier which I heard. It was in 2023 , I saw him yesterday, more in the months to come.
In the meantime, I must pack, make my way down to the railway station and travel through the early morning to Luton Airport.
The Pension PlayPen coffee morning is at 10.30 am this morning, I hope to be listening in from somewhere in West Scotland!
Back Thursday lunchtime, I have so looking back a little break and a chance to return to a truly wonderful country.
