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: February 2026
Artificial Intelligence is a matter of judgement
I find myself writing about the same subject, twice in one morning. It’s because I have at last got headlines that match what is happening to my job! First there’s financial advice. It’s something I did between 1984 and 2005 … Continue reading
The dreary work of the white-collars will be done by AI – what’s wrong with that?
I am pleased to hear that the dreary work of white-collar staff is going to be taken from them by software. If a blog of podcast can be better written or delivered by software already on my computer but upgraded … Continue reading
The right for pensioners to benefit from investment trusts
Ros is not letting up in her determination to let CDC and DC get access to investment trusts without hindrance. To my mind, the Investment Trust/Company beats the LTAF in every way but the reward LTAF’s give the financial services … Continue reading
Guiide don’t beef with the FCA – a video record
Pension PlayPen’s coffee morning on Tuesday 10th February was a discussion of the FCA’s regulation regime for pension transfers. Here is the video of the hour long session. This is a world away from the discussions on DB and CDC … Continue reading
Stability is not Scale; admin from the Trustee’s point of view
This is the second of a series of articles about pension scheme governance from KGC – written by Hayley Mudge. They are proving very helpful to me and my colleagues as we consider the advent of UMES CDC. Why … Continue reading
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PASA’s thoughts on how TPR’s code of practice works for CDC
PASA – Pensions Administration Standards Association CIC PASA has submitted its response to The Pensions Regulator’s consultation on Extending the Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) Code of Practice. Our response focuses on the practical administration and operational considerations needed to support … Continue reading
Change of tack at BP – time for BP pensioners to know!
Chris Johnston Assistant News Editor and City Bulletin Writer February 10 2026 Good morning and welcome to Tuesday We start today with BP, which has halted its share repurchase programme and plans to cut capital expenditure, as a lower … Continue reading
Rulers, Rules & Ruining Retirement – today’s Guiided Coffee morning
Steven Goddard CEO Pension Playpen You are cordially invited to attend our next online Coffee Morning tomorrow. “The rule makers are ruining our retirements” was Tom McPhail’s slight bluster in the Times last week, reposted with commentary from Philip Hodges … Continue reading
Burns and Timpson are great men for today!
Thanks to my digital contact Johnny Timpson for this poem he posted a couple of weeks ago on Burns Night. I had never properly read it before but in the context of my friendship with Johnny and the photos he … Continue reading
Scottish teachers' pay increases, such as the recent multi-year agreement negotiated via the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) covering…