Category Archives: dc pensions

Pension Dashboard – Richard Smith – 10.30 today – free ticket inside

  Richard’s coming to our coffee morning to repeat his triumphal sessions over the past five years. Richard is the genuine item and a friend to Pension PlayPen. He has agreed to attend at short notice and I hope we … Continue reading

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Does CDC work like a DB or a DC pension plan? I don’t care!

Under current proposed timelines, multi-employer CDC schemes are expected to secure regulatory approval in 2026, with a view to accepting contributions from 2027. So we ought to be starting to think about what being in a CDC plan will feel like … Continue reading

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“Data will be a Game Changer”; Richard Smith

Data is a game changer – it’s changed my view of Lerwick in Shetland.  I’d never thought of it in the same “wave” as St Helier in Jersey. Richard’s coming to our coffee morning to repeat his triumphal sessions over … Continue reading

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“Dashboards will be a Game Changer”; Richard Smith – Tuesday

  Richard’s coming to our coffee morning to repeat his triumphal sessions over the past five years. Richard is the genuine item and a friend to Pension PlayPen. He has agreed to attend at short notice and I hope we … Continue reading

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Torsten Bell and Alexandra Miles; Social Market Foundation #Labour

Detail is scant but news is that Torsten spoke to a group at Labour Conference on Sunday , a group congregated to talk about pensions and including on a friend of this blog – Alexandra Miles. A little news has … Continue reading

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Are retail investors misled by Private funds in Long Term Asset Funds?

The FT have delivered an early warning on the liquidity of LTAFs in the wealth management, in the summer it delivered a clear warning that direct investment beats fund of funds but that only multi-billion pools can access private markets … Continue reading

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Steve Webb; IHT and other pension tax changes – 10.30 today.

Click here to join the coffee morning today (9th) at 10.30 am We brought the Pension PlayPen session forward by half an hour last week to allow some people to hear McGrath and Keating on the run on/wind up debate … Continue reading

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Reform’s number 10 is winning the game with only half a team

We in pensions have spent time in parliament (or perhaps watching what happens in parliament’s Government Committee) surprised that the plans of a radical Pension Schemes Bill have been so opposed by such a wide range of pension organisations. In … Continue reading

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Sir Steve Webb; IHT Changes & Pensions – a discussion.

  We brought the Pension PlayPen session forward by half an hour to allow some people to hear McGrath and Keating on the run on/wind up debate for occupational DB pension plans. Immediately after our pension was LCP’s session on … Continue reading

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“Risk is good” the FCA says, do we believe that?

I am pleased to see the FCA promoting risk-taking as part of a growth culture in investment.  This from the FT report. Speaking at the Global Management Summit 2025, Simon Walls, executive director of markets at the FCA, explained how … Continue reading

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