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 16, 2026
The state pension increase – thoughts from an actuary who knows!
Those of you who read my blog a lot will know that there is only one person who knows the state pension who is an actuary and a pension expert. I will not name him but this is his response … Continue reading
LCP – boy am I looking forward today’s day-long discussion at the Barbican!
I’m not a DB man, but I’m a collective pensions man and I will get a part of LCP’s DB conference dedicated to CDC (3pm – Draper and Taylor repeats the line up of last week’s PP coffee shop)! I’ll … Continue reading
Can we expect with confidence the collective pension that we’re promised?
Thankfully there was a comment yesterday which I read on the embankment as I walked to the DWP to discuss our progress as a collective pension challenger! Outsider-looking-in says: September 15, 2026 I see CDC as being aimed at those … Continue reading
Why the state pension should not plan to fail – the triple lock should stay.
From the reactions to the announcement that we will get a £500 increase in our universal wage in retirement (the state pension), you would have thought that the triple lock was responsible for political irresponsibility by economic realists. Steve Webb … Continue reading
This is clearly a serious story about institutional accountability, bankruptcy and the treatment of former employees. But, although the immediate…