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: April 2026
Pensions +housing! PMI and Nest Insight from the VFM boys.
A mercifully shorter pod from Darren and Nico centred on a session that they did at the PMI DC Conference last Thursday in Convene, the trendy new place much used by Professional Pensions. Their discussion was about pensions and housing … Continue reading
If trustees are so great – why did we need the Mansion House Accord?
The problems facing the this Labour Government is its lack of conviction. The FT writes this morning Starmer regime has come to feel bizarrely similar to that of Boris Johnson: for different reasons, there is a vacuum where the … Continue reading
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Tagged Helen Whately, Labour Government, Pension Schemes Bill, Torsten Bell
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The match of the day was in the National League; York beat Rochdale in the 103rd minute of the season!
From York This Saturday’s game brings an end to one of the most thrilling, exciting and unpredictable title races in football history. Both ourselves and Rochdale have the chance to write our names in National League history. The National … Continue reading
Could actuaries have had a better balanced address?
I must admit I wrote to Nausicaa Delfas to thank her for her speech. It is the first time I’ve heard the Pensions Regulator speak of CDC as a (let alone the) way forward. But I feel bound to give … Continue reading
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Tagged Derek scott, Nausicaa Delfas, Pensions Regulator, Retired trustee, TPR
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Advice market ‘stable but evolving’ – the FCA should be proud
Consolidation and technology are reshaping the advisory sector – but the FCA are on top of advice after a decade getting its act together. I would not say there was much to be proud of in 2017 when Al Rush, … Continue reading
Good governance yes – prudent growth assumptions for CDC – no thanks!
This is the summary of what TPR’s CEO , Nausicaa Delfas said at the Her speech at the Association of Consulting Actuaries’ 75th anniversary Chair’s dinner You can read the text of the speech here. A purely DC savings system … Continue reading
The match of the day is in the National League; Rochdale v York
From York This Saturday’s game brings an end to one of the most thrilling, exciting and unpredictable title races in football history. Both ourselves and Rochdale have the chance to write our names in National League history. The National … Continue reading
Stuart Kirk bites the hand that fed him, I don’t blame him!
Stuart Kirk used to be a fund manager, now- like Toby Nangle – he has switched to being a commentator. While Toby is a teacher, Stuart is a polemicist against the laziness he sees in his former profession. In this … Continue reading
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Let this Bill become the Pension Schemes Act (says an elector).
I read with pain how an alliance of pension and insurance lobbyists and the House of Lords are in danger of derailing several years of work by the DWP and others to get us a Pensions Schemes Act. This from … Continue reading
CDC; a workplace pension or just another way to “decumulate”?
This is your INVITATION to a Pension PlayPen Coffee Morning – CPD is included It’s Online – it’s on Teams and it’s on Tuesday 28th April 2026 at 10.30 am What do the boys believe? Henry Tapper and Chris … Continue reading
This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…