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: January 2026
Finfluence; a safer way to learn about money?
There has been a lot of discussion this week about whether we should stop the young from watching things on social media. I wonder if the readers of this blog are not prone to spending too much of their time … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, CDC, CDC Code, DWP, FCA, Financial services, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, Pensions, Retirement, TPR, VFM, workplace savings
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Isn’t “value for money” too late for DC workplace saving?
I enjoyed Kirby Rappell’s explanation of how his firm -” SuperRatings”- has succeeded in Australia providing consumers with value for money ratings on their “pensions”. You can hear him talking to Nico and Darren here on the latest podcast (#142) … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, CDC, CDC Code, DWP, FCA, Financial services, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, Pensions, Retirement, TPR, VFM, workplace savings
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Can patients become doctors, can savers become actuaries?
People are confused by pension pots Richard has followed MoneyFarm to that conclusion. Most people understand savings and pensions to be different. Most of us think of pensions not as pots but as pensions that pay us a retirement income … Continue reading
Should we help employees in debt before encouraging saving?
I am pleased to have bumped into someone new in the work I’ve been in all my life! Now that’s a new look at an old problem. I don’t have an answer to Timothy Lancaster , but I’d be pleased … Continue reading
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The corridor could be your home – don’t be shy – we’re all in it together!
This is where last Thursday and Friday. I moved slowly down a corridor at Wexham Accident and Emergency unit and would, had after 24 hours I’d been released, have eventually found my way to a ward. There was an aged … Continue reading
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Tagged AE, Corridor, How we pull through, NHS, Slough, south East, Wexham
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A wake up and a shake up for advisers and trustees in their “end game”
Two amendments are going through the House of Lords, framed by Baroness Altmann of Tottenham. I am proud to have played a part in this work but recognise the bulk of the momentum has been created by Stagecoach’s DB Pension, … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Business and Economy, CDC, corporate risk, DB, dc, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann, TPR, VFM, workplace Pensions
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Leaseholders are not getting protection and it’s not good enough.
https://www.freeleaseholders.org.uk/ Earlier this week I pointed to statistics showing that all over the country, the owners of leasehold properties are finding reselling of their leaseholds harder. Indeed many leaseholders are finding they cannot get the money they paid for the … Continue reading
Emma – be chair for pension regulation – not just our saving!
Our new chair of The Pensions Regulator will be Emma Douglas. I’ve been working with her since I was at Eagle Star selling corporate DC plans against here when she was at Threadneedle. Both of us were under one owner … Continue reading
Black Rock’s view of the world – streamed this week on the Pension PlayPen
BlackRock’s take on the world is delivered here by Antony Manchester A full house as usual to hear the views of one of the world’s financial might’s. You can download the video from this link There is no doubt that … Continue reading
“Too tired to work , too poor to retire” – a message to the Pensions Commission.
The Pensions Commission (II) is sitting and will be for the next year. It will be receiving information from a number of sources as it thinks about how to reorganise the financing of Britain’s retirements. It is no doubt a … Continue reading
Scottish teachers' pay increases, such as the recent multi-year agreement negotiated via the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) covering…