My personal situation is that case study, with one employer offering pension contributions themselves plus salary sacrifice for mine and…
It is revealing when the independent commentators take a strong side. And thenk you for this helpful perspective.
I cannot imagine there are many 75 year olds who see using an occupational or workplace pension as a way…
Ships of state need time to turn and cannot respond to 24 hour news especially when the destination is ill…
Monthly Archives: September 2026
The market’s thoughts on taxes, budgets and pensions
Pensions feature prominently in the FT’s guess on John Healy’s thinking on budget taxes. Continue reading
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Tagged Budeget, Chancellor, death and taxes, John healy, Pensions, Taxation, taxes
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22,000 people who worked for bus company Stagecoach got a good deal
This was a job well done and PWC can pat themselves on their own back. The final shout out must go to the Trustees and who orchestrated the deal. Continue reading
I love the pair of glamorous grannies whose pots have turned to pensions!
Hats off to Aussie Friends for persevering, so that the these glamour grannies can depress the besuited business man! Continue reading
“Pensions Expert DC & Master Trust Summit” – will AI turn DC pots to pensions?
Those retiring don’t have a clue how to decumulate their pots but that will change now AI is getting to grips with the nastiest hardest problem in finance. Continue reading
News from the marketing department of an investment house, Britain falls behind (shock).
League tables grab attention but the report itself is very predictable , claiming that Britain is not doing what an investment manager wants – to use its services. Continue reading
The guilt we have with pensions is like our guilt about the gym – Torsten Bell
It’s good to see the Pensions Minister sees the problems with pensions like our problems with going to the gym. We know we should get stuck in but… Continue reading
A national pension tracing day on October 4th – a good idea for an autumn Sunday!
I’m at a high falutin’ DC conference today and it’s easy to forget that the simple things are the most important. I’ve been through the hell of finding my pension and putting them in one pot. Continue reading
Thoughts on what should happen to auto-enrolment (for the Work and Pensions Committee)
We can submit evidence until 16.00 on 26 October 2026 but I and Pensions Mutual do not think it takes a month to answer sensible questions which we all should have views on. Continue reading
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Will CDC challenge DC workplace as the employer’s choice?
I read with great interest the Professional Pensions “Buzz ” results that asked this question and found a different result that I would have expected this time last year! Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, DC master trusts, Pensions, R-CDC, Retirement, TPR, workplace Pensions
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“My pension offer” – explaining CDC to a confused sceptic 12 years ago!
This is a blog I published 12 years ago on 28th September 2014. It is now 12 years old and shows that the debate has been broadly the same for some time! Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, CDC, pensions, with-profits, workplace pensions
Tagged annuities, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, collective, DC Defined Contributions, Defined benefit pension plan, Drawdown, DWP, Employment, Financial services, flexible drawdown, Flumps, Government, Human Resources, Insurance, NEST, pension, Pension Regulator, Pensions, Retirement
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