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
DC workplace pensions can try to eat the CDC mouse, but Tom never got to swallow Jerry!
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Chris Blackmore, Dabrowski, Derek scott, Jerry, Joe, Pensions, Smart Pensions, Tom
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Transport disruption is a CHALLENGE not a problem for Londoners.
I was in the City and I’ll be in the City and West End of London every day this week. It is a tough week to get about but I have learned how to use bikes and busses and not … Continue reading
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Tagged April strike, busses, Country, June strike, London, May Strike, RTI, tubes
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John Mather’s explanation of how the wealthy have moved away from pensions
The crazy world of freedom from pensions evolved as John Mather describes. I agree with this as a factual explanation of how we got to where we are now. – ed (Henry Tapper) John Mather’s explanation of how we’ve moved … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Business and Economy, John Mather, Pensions, Tax, Treasury, Wealthy
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Tory diatribe against a reserve power to maintain the “Mansion House Accord”.
Here is the full force of the Conservative parties (and allies) railing against the reserve powers of Government to ensure pensions keep on the target of the Mansion House Accord. Is this really worth the excitement? There’s a lot of … Continue reading
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Your link to a Pension PlayPen coffee morning about financial risk
I don’t understand much about this but with the people who are on the other side of the coffee morning on Tuesday, I know it will be fun, stimulating and well worth attending! Today at 10.30 am – the link … Continue reading
CDC offers a “real” retirement wage for post war children and kids born today (LCP)
When people say “real” income, they mean income that keeps pace with inflation. Real income is a fantastic promise to make to someone retiring. Those under 55 today are a generation for whom “stagflation” is no fear, they underestimate how … Continue reading
Pension PlayPen tomorrow – Professor Narmin Nahidi with Sid and Arun Muralidhar
I don’t understand much about this but with the people who are on the other side of the coffee morning on Tuesday, I know it will be fun, stimulating and well worth attending! Please join us for our next Coffee … Continue reading
The American financiers that buy-out our pension heritage
Does this sound familiar? It is of course the problem with selling obscure funds to those who consider the “wealth adviser” is acting for themselves not for the financial institutions they work for. As yet the likes of Apollo and … Continue reading
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Tagged Appollo, Blackstone, Pensions, Private credit, US private credit
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The snake-oil salesman of Reform – is he fit to run our Exchequer?
In case you’re confused – the £100k of tax @TiceRichard failed to pay here is totally different to the – £92k of tax not properly withheld on dividends – the £600k side-stepped via highly aggressive tax avoidance Industrial scale grifting … Continue reading
AI makes a few rich , some have a pension halo but the rest of us?
The good , the bad and the vulnerable middle. I see a lot of people whose jobs are safe enough for the moment, they are utility workers, those who depend on capital intensive industry , largely still public owned (the … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, Investment, Pensions, public sector, Technology, utilities
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This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…