Scottish teachers' pay increases, such as the recent multi-year agreement negotiated via the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) covering…
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
Monthly Archives: February 2026
“Run on Shared Ambition” – the answer for Stagecoach pension and Aberdeen’s sponsorship.
What a way we have come from early in 2025 when I last heard John Hamilton speak. John Hamilton’s talk to the M&G Investment Conference Trustees brought an intensity to this event that overcame the usual self-interest. If you want … Continue reading
Want to be the next Pensions UK Chair?
The Chair of Pensions UK, Emma Douglas is off to be Chair of the Pensions Regulator and you can’t do both. So Pensions UK needs a change of Chair and this blog is always willing to give Pensions UK a … Continue reading
Are PuFINS for real? As real as most financial services!
I like the idea of PuFIN but am not quite sure I’ve got this colourful bird. He’s standing on the rugged coast with Tower Bridge behind him and Windsor Castle sited between the Towers. The painter clearly has a lot … Continue reading
Richard Smith asks Standard life about his age wage in retirement! Gen X get real.
Richard Smith has made an important point. Many people build up DB pensions, many more build up DC pots and we all build up state pension. We need to understand how people think about all their retirement saved money whether … Continue reading
What would happen to your life if this happened?
I am afraid that this photo, left on my feed by an IT repairman, is rather improbable. Losing a laptop to coffee is something that may have happened to you, it has happened to me and there is no repairman … Continue reading
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Inheritance tax will apply to pensions from April next year
LCP have done more than any other consultancy to ensure the process of collecting IHT when due from pensions is fair and given time. Thanks to the Lords and Baroness’ who contributed The Executive summary between pages 3 and 5 … Continue reading
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Can pensions be stretched to finance all causes?
Tom and Jo are as one and this will have to replace this morning’s Pension PlayPen coffee morning as a debating point. (I apologise – we ran out of runway for one week) If Britain thinks it is alone in … Continue reading
John Hamilton talks of the insurance of a pension invested for growth
Here is the blog I wrote on the 24th of January a year ago. It contains the outline of the first and only time I’ve ever heard John Hamilton deliver a talk on pensions. It so influenced me last year … Continue reading
The West’s all in on artificial intelligence – it’s called “conviction economics”!
Kevin Warsh This article is from an email sent me by this man Since Trump’s announcement late last week that he would nominate Kevin Warsh to chair the Federal Reserve, the debate over Warsh’s qualifications has largely come down … Continue reading
Too rich for pensions? Return to the fold and dignity in retirement.
There is a school of thought that is brilliantly articulated in this post The argument is set out below by Jo and Nova Wealth From April 2027, unused pension assets are expected to fall inside the inheritance tax net on … Continue reading
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Except they’re not saving into a pension, Minister unless we convert all those pots to CDC and give them what…