This is an interesting post from Joe Dabrowski formerly of Pensions UK now of Smart. I was surprised when I went to the Edinburgh Investment Conference that there was not one session devoted to the work pension CDC that is available – rather than one that might be here  in a couple of years (Retirement CDC that suits master trusts.)

I had wondered if Pensions UK had a memory loss of what the Government launched on October 22nd 2025. Sadly, it looks as if it is in the morass of Ralfean myth.

You may get past a few fervent “likers” but not Derek Scott,  who responds to Joe

Chris Blackwood of Border and Coast backs up Derek though he’s fair to Joe!

This is not the end of the pensions banter between two of the top players in pensions over the past 30 years.

And at the end, the dagger is plunged into Joe’s argument for DC’s Guided Retirement Path (GDP). The mouse will get away and the cat will have to try again, in another episode!

I would rather Derek Scott and Chris Blackwood’s grudging interest than the Pensions UK’s ignorance of CDC (I mean them ignoring and being ignorant of CDC).

I hope that Smart will be taking CDC’s multi-employer workplace pension –  a little more seriously than Pensions UK have done (so far)!