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…
The simple truth is that the pension system is very good at taking your money, and may or may not…
That is a good point about the ordinary person/voter due to being too poor to get interested in political donations.…
Monthly Archives: February 2026
The new technology center that’s West of London
The FT reports that Microsoft are looking to set its new head office out of London to West or East. I will be travelling in to London on the Queen Elizabeth Line from Slough. I will pass through through suburbs … Continue reading
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Civil Servant restitution for Capita pension cock up.
Emergency payments scheme launched This article is from the Public and Services Commercial Union and can be found on its website Interest free loans are now available for pension scheme members awaiting payment of their civil service pensions. The introduction … Continue reading
The dark side of auto-enrolment for small businesses
You may find this distasteful. But I know that it’s how many small business owners feel about having to deal with workplace pension providers. AE for them is a tax and AE providers an extension of HMRC’s assault on them … Continue reading
If I was a strategist for an asset manager- I’d be interested in UK CDC
Let’s not forget just what a chance CDC is to fund managers in the UK. At a time when DB schemes are hunkering down into end-games and DC schemes are consolidating into a few schemes which still are primarily focussing … Continue reading
For millions of people, Nest’s the only investment they’ve made
I’m a Nest investor and though I’ve been an investor all my adult life , I don’t get as much fun out of it as I ought. I’ve been enjoying getting insights into what Nest do with my money and … Continue reading
More trustee responsibility for admin standards (not increased regulation).
I came across this press release from Lumera, a Swedish pension software supplier who recently bought ITM and are making waves with their thinking. It made waves with me yesterday as I think about the challenge of our administrators of … Continue reading
LGPS must stop sitting on its surplus or it will be changed by popular demand
Yesterday I blogged about the failure of LGPS to win the hearts and minds of many in Birmingham, Wolverhampton and West Midlands in general by sharing their £11bn pension fund surplus with the councils and council tax payers. The West … Continue reading
Sharon Bowles and Ros Altmann continue to make sense with amendments to the Pension Schemes Bill
I agree with William Macleod. I agree with Sharon Bowles above and Ros Altmann below.
Administration as Critical Infrastructure -KGC Associates (pt. 4)
This is the fourth of a series of articles from KGC Associates. Once again thanks to Hayley Mudge. What consolidation means for system-wide resilience Across the UK pensions industry, administration has historically been treated as a supporting function, essential, but … Continue reading
CDC’s been declared unfair; we say it’s up to 60% fairer for everyone!
This article, written by my colleague Chris Burford and me is a defence of CDC from accusations that it simply redistributes the same amount of money away from one group (the young) to another (the old). Our argument is that … Continue reading
This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…