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Will Britain become a sun-bath for nations to our south ?
My friends are heading off to the Mediterranean. My actuary has swapped Bournemouth for Croatia, he tells me it’s 40 degrees out there. I don’t mean to crow, but we are enjoying 30 degrees of sunshine lying by the River … Continue reading
Pensions aren’t so tax-efficient for the very wealthy.
£268,275. This is a figure that currently only impacts people who have more than £1m (£1,000,000) in their pension pots(s). This blog explains why it currently matters to the pension super-rich. But it gives a foretaste of what using … Continue reading
Concern about losing tax free cash is childish – I want off the pot!
Apart from giving journalists a story in a quiet month, the pre-Budget rumour round is an opportunity for all the wealth management CEOs to have a moan. I think this is childish, this is why! Of course tax-free cash is … Continue reading
Pay, care and housing – problems for all generations; here’s Haldane on building houses.
Is Andy Haldane speaking here for Government? I hope he is. He’;s rumoured to be influential in No 11 Downing Street and the Chancellor has a big job sorting out a strategy to tackle housing. Care and our wage in … Continue reading
Australia – together you can do it! Try collective saving for a Super Later Age!
This may be important for Australia but it’s important for Britain too. Thanks to Philip Clark and thanks to Jim Hennington for forwarding this to all of us on linked in. If there was an argument for converting a pot … Continue reading
Richard Smith is Janus ; he looks forward and backwards.
Richard is nostalgic and far-seeing! Richard is Janus, the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having a double-sided head. Janus presides over the beginning and ending of conflict, and … Continue reading
Richard Smith is Janus ; he looks forward and backwards.
Richard is nostalgic and far-seeing! Richard is Janus, the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having a double-sided head. Janus presides over the beginning and ending of conflict, and … Continue reading
DC is hard when you get to retire? You don’t say?
This article starts According to several Canadian defined contribution (DC) plans experts, DC plans were never designed to get members through retirement because they were built to accumulate assets during working years. As a result, that gap is now catching … Continue reading
Can firms reorganise to realise the potential of AI?- Asks Torsten Bell
Interesting that Torsten Bell, an economist , is looking to the potential of AI for UK growth Interesting (as always). Argues that strengthening evidence of AI making individuals more productive at specific tasks is not (yet) driving the relatively … Continue reading