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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What can Society of Pension Professional Pensions learn from Aussie’s Novigi? Today 10.30
You’re interest in how technology is improving administration, you’re planning to go to the SPP event, then you should come to this at 10.30 today (link inside) Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Griffioen, Apex, Ash Priest, Australia, Coffee Morning, Novigi, pension playpen, Super
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Haldane’s right, and private business needs priming with pension money
Growth is the way we get out of high borrowing for projects we cannot yet afford. The Government hasn’t got the money, our pension funds have. Continue reading
The reason the lowest paid pay more into pensions than they should.
I hope that this will be brought up by the Pensions Commission in February’s report. It is a scandal that is unreported because too few care about low earners. Continue reading
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Has Nest lost its temper waiting for the Pensions Dashboard?
Scott Phillips and his team at Pensions Lab are good news all round but I am mystified why Nest with 14 million mouths to feed can’t do this work themselves. Will the pensions dashboard ever be ready? When will artificial intelligence be up to finding our pension pots? Continue reading
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The security of equity in our houses may be under threat.
Our flat has been for sale for four years: Why is the market so weak? Continue reading
Deja Vu at Royal Mail for 120,000 workers?
Royal Mail say that they are currently recruiting 480 people a week. That strikes me as high turnover for a low-turnover business and a worry for the trustees of its collective pension scheme. Continue reading
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“Irresponsible behaviour from providers” – what’s Torsten Bell referring to?
There really are many more important things that we can devote our time to do than worrying about how pension taxation will change in the budget. I’m with Torsten Bell, all this speculation isn’t doing anybody any good Continue reading
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What can UK pensions admin learn from Aussie’s Novigi? Tomorrow -Tuesday; 10.30
Is the Super going to work for people who have pots but no retirement wage? How can the huge success of Super help us with our private system? Continue reading
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Darren and Nico remind themselves of their week at #PensionsUKCA26
I can sympathise with the lads for their frustration at the lack of debate. The Conference has seldom been a place for confrontation, when it is – it is the better for it Continue reading
Why don’t bosses ask staff what they want for a lifetime’s payroll deductions?
To suppose that we are saving to be wealthy is probably a bit far-fetched for most people. Getting a fair and well-administered pension is enough for most of us (the Pensions Regulator can look after VFM) Continue reading
Such an important topic! Students need skills that prepare them for real-world challenges.