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.…
Daily Archives: September 8, 2026
The LCP CDC Video; brought to you by Pension PlayPen at coffee time
This was quite an occasion with 40 coffee goers at the Pension PlayPen coffee morning. Among the audience I noted employers looking for purchasing tips, consultants looking for employers to advise, civil servants wrapped in delivering the next version … Continue reading
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Collective Pensions are returning in the US too – and for the same reason as the UK.
I was passed this article by a friend who has a predilection for pensions (as I do). The Americans have yet to discover the CDC variant as their “pension” has the guarantees of what we call “defined benefit. But the … Continue reading
Ten questions for LCP’s Draper and Taylor that CDC needs answering
Please add to your calendar and click here or post the link into your diary. It’s at 10.30 am online. (Tuesday 8th September) https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/349110786671465?p=44cRsS3vjiqJGdW8aF It’s back from work and feet under the table and we’re having the first Coffee Morning since … Continue reading
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Tagged Bulk transfers, CDC, Collective Pensions, Consulting, Helen Draper, Investment, Pensions, Steven Taylor, transfers
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Brilliant Master Trusts face a bleak future from consolidation.
This work by Go Pensions is most important to any employer considering their DC pension now CDC is a workplace pension alternative. We should be very grateful to Go Pensions for putting this information out on social media It … Continue reading
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Telling us accurately what we’ve built up as pension should be what the dashboard does
Richard Smith is right in wishing to get engagement of people close to retirement. We want to know what is happening to our money which doesn’t grow like it does in the building society or bank but fluctuates as markets … Continue reading
This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…