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 10, 2026
The Norwegians show a financial strategy other European funds may follow.
It’s good to see the name of one of “ours”, the pension reporter Calum Kapoor writing in the FT. Is this a first? I hope it is not the last, this is an excellent scoop and in company of the … Continue reading
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Private markets work properly for DC schemes with scale; -they’re not for most retail investors.
Thank goodness for Nest’s Liz Fernando.She has offered an explanation of why private capital works better with scale. This was not the message of a “summit” of private capital big-wigs (reported below by the intrepid Corporate Adviser reporter Christopher Marchant). … Continue reading
Hatcher’s heartache is turned to pension paradise by suave Steve Webb.
Steve Webb and Alison Hatchett, that’s a celebrity combination that could get tongues a wiggling. But not on this blog! Watch “Trustee Voice: could pension pots help solve the housing crisis” on #Vimeo https://t.co/2Ia0DdFT1g — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) September 9, 2026 … Continue reading
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American “DB Pension Plan Baloney”! An American reminds us how lucky we Brits have been.
This is a comment on my blog be our American correspondent “Benefit Jack”. He is responding to an article first published in the Wall Street Journal explaining how United States pensions are becoming more popular. But American pensions are not … Continue reading
This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…