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: June 2026
Where is the money to pay for this? In our pensions – that’s where!
Every time we get a proper Labour Government, we have to ask that question and most times what I’ve heard back is “tax”. I have no wish to pay more tax. I want relief from tax and for the money … Continue reading
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Tagged Altmann, Ashok Gupta, bowles, Gupta, Haldane, Hamilton, McGrath, Pensions, Tax, tax relief
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Not a night to be European!
I went to sleep last night delighted that Paraguay had beaten Germany. This not me being xenophobic against our old foes, it is me exulting that a country outside the economic elite and little known to me, had found a … Continue reading
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Tagged DM Congo, England, Germany, Morocco, Netherlands, Paraguay, Underdogs, World Cup
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WTF are “disaggregated voting outcomes disclosure for companies with dual-class share structures”?
I never felt much admiration for the people of Coventry who pretended that Queen Godiva riding naked through their streets was nothing to be surprised by. Us pension people clearly have the same mass-inattentional blindness to polysyllabic incomprehensibility Whoever issued … Continue reading
Sensible writing on CDC (and RDC) from Lisa Purdy of Capital Cranfield
It is always to get quality writing but particularly good to get it on CDC from a pensions trustee. Here is Lisa Purdy of Capital Cranfield writing about the difference between CDC and Retirement CDC. Lisa’s background is with L&G … Continue reading
Germany’s important planned pension reform
The FT reckons that what has been put forward in Germany is an ambitious move that could have positive Europe-wide implications It must be important for their “editorial board” to put their heads together to consider it. How it will … Continue reading
Things can only get better: for pensions – and for Britain too!
Over the weekend, I have had a number of conversations with friends who find the proposition from Andy Haldane that this Government incentivises “effective investment” into the UK with home-bias taxation. I know that we have not heard the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1993, CDC, D;REAM, dc pensions, Financial services, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Retirement
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Aussie pensions find problems providing us with housing
After fire safety regulations in Britain were tightened following the 2017 blaze in Grenfell Tower, west London, Get Living had to set aside £337.5mn to pay for fire safety remediation works at the East Village. “The developers[the ODA] got the … Continue reading
The Longevity Dividend – The Business Case for Linking Health and Wealth
I was going to comment on this article, but I really have nothing to say but “thank you”. Graham Pearce says he’s after “Breaking down the silos between health and wealth to unlock the opportunities of the Longevity Economy”. Graham … Continue reading
Annuities as tax-avoidance for the rich
Standard Life have prompted Alan Livesy to comment on the rise and rise of annuities as a place to invest for the rich. This of course is not a strategic change for the country, it is a tactical move from … Continue reading
Haldane’s Field of Dreams needs large pension funds to pay for entry.
Pensions Oldie runs a small(ish) DB scheme. He will not go on much anonymity if he names those act for him! But here is his response which is either an argument for consolidation of a cry of pain from someone … Continue reading
This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…