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Why Gen Z are abandoning their pensions – I agree with Tom for a different reason.
Tom has written a great article that appears below and in the Times. I agree that there is good reason to prioritise other things than long-term saving when at work. But our parents insisted we paid the stamp (as my … Continue reading
I wasn’t black, was at Cambridge and am still prejudiced
I read this story with a sickening feeling of guilt. I was boasting last week that I read English at Cambridge like Andy Burnham and Amy Hunt as if that made me something. Of course it does, it makes you … Continue reading
The unions fired up by “collective pensions”
I have to say, I have been surprised and pleased by the interest of union pension officers in what we can now call “collective pensions” (formerly CDC!). There are three dates in my diary to catch up with them. The … Continue reading
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“There’s nothing special about dividends” – says Robin Powell.
This article is important to pensions though it’s aimed at people with portfolios of directly held shares. Pension funds of course don’t pay a dividend, they pay a pension which is an encashment of the fund. But people base their … Continue reading
Life Insurers promote themselves as different but they dependably deliver the same thing!
Who to believe? Both Scottish Widows and Standard Life are advertising their products with different messages but with the same pictures, pictures of happy clients being supported by human beings and by financial technology. The financial conundrum for insurance companies … Continue reading
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Tagged Drawdown, Graeme Bold, Guaranteed annuity, Pensions, Scottish Widows, Standard Life
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This should appeal to the young professional – get paid at a massive discount on tax!
Works for the hi-paid kids I know. Imagine paying 71% of your pay away when it could provide you deferred pay I don’t think that a Collective Pension excludes anyone. If you are young and you want to pay your … Continue reading
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The Dashboard is cleaning up our data – so we’ll see our retirement wages.
It makes us think;- the prospect of life with a pension dashboard! If Chris Curry is right, the dashboard has done part of its job- a year from starting. We don’t know when he’ll have it open to the public … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Curry, Dashboard, Geraldine Brassett, Income, Money Helper, pension
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German pensions – this is the big new deal for asset managers
The big story for asset managers in Europe is not CDC or DC or the revival of DB as an investment opportunity, it is German funded pensions.