When only 8 to 15 mega-trusts dominate the entire defined contribution (DC) and LGPS landscape, peer-group risk may override manager…
This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…
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…
Daily Archives: September 13, 2026
Farage may be about to discover what £72m can’t buy – Nelson Nelson
“We just don’t have British resident donors or British entities that would support us,” Reform UK’s James Orr told the undercover reporter. “That’s the grim reality.” And a bit of an embarrassment. The ‘party of the people’ gets negligible money … Continue reading
Does £72m in the Reform war chest change everything?
In the last 24 hours, two crypto billionaires have given Nigel Farage’s party £72 million in donations. No one can pretend the threat of a Reform government isn’t real. It is very real. Seventy-two million pounds. That is an obscene … Continue reading
Do the Euro-Populists Have a Plan for Retirement Finance? John Mitchem.
John Mitchem considers a growth of liabilities from the elderly on the states of Europe There is not space here to reproduce the 18 pages of this report but here is the overview. The report deals with the particular problems … Continue reading
A pension’s autobiography on the dashboard!
This is the whole of the life of a friend of mine. He/she’s a fan of the pension dashboard and you can see why. I love the “around the £54,142.86 per annum” . That’s not approximation – that feels like … Continue reading
Scottish teachers' pay increases, such as the recent multi-year agreement negotiated via the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) covering…