Historian Joseph S Moore's book, "How To Get Rich The American Way", challenges these illustrations of 200-year compounding, Henry. The…
The article link you posted simply goes to my alma mater's website, the Adam Smith Business School at University of…
Yes Derek, I gave the quotation origin in the second post. The U.K. is not always as united and the…
Your quote, John, is from an essay "This is why UK living standards are struggling to improve", published today in…
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Creating a National Care Service and the triple lock- Andy Burnham
..we need to be honest about the changes that are needed to pay for it. And I do not believe it makes sense to preserve the current triple lock while so many pensioners face the risk of catastrophic care costs Continue reading
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Did the financial industry close private DB schemes and SERPS?
the financial service companies, as they once explained to me, hated DB because it wasn’t a product they could replicate. They preferred to provide pots, taking a fee for AUM, leaving all the risk on the working man/woman. Continue reading
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Is PUK’s Liverpool Conference – a 3 day drinking session? Tune in to the VFM twosome to find out..
I’d listen to it as I always do, when time permits and you are sober. Nico and Darren are well worth listening to, though not necessarily for the right reason! Continue reading
Yeovil 12 goals in a week, Tottenham 3 goals in a season
561 Yeovil fans came from Somerset to London . 563 if you count these 2 fans in the posh seats or 564 if you count the referee who Wealdstone fans claimed to be supporting the Glovers. Continue reading
Thanks to Gordon Aitken for reminding me why I don’t need the triple lock
I’m one of the lucky ones who with 43 years under my belt have security ahead of me (financially at least). Gordon Aitken recognises that there is some guilt mixed in with the pleasure. Why should I be doing so … Continue reading
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Arboreum CDC targets family businesses.
I am very pleased by this post by my friend and former colleague Colin Haines. He is a great advocate for his firm for Arboreum and for family firms improving their pensions by using collective pensions again. Continue reading
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Are men wimps for caring about the planet’s climate?
Scientific facts really matter, as does the health of the environment. But there will be times when the best thing you can do for the planet is not talk about it at all. Continue reading
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How bigger funds get better value from private equity
We have in organisations like Border to Coast and Nest, examples to follow. I hope that lessons from £100bn + funds are learned by smaller funds. There are answers in collaboration that are waiting for them. Continue reading
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If you’re a Chancellor, you cannot ignore the nation’s money going into DC pots
FCA data has also shown around £567bn of assets under administration in SIPPs in 2024. Separately, almost £1.3 trillion was administered across the wider contract-based DC market, which includes both workplace and individual pensions. Continue reading
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Such an important topic! Students need skills that prepare them for real-world challenges.