Category Archives: accountants
As clear as a frosted window – the IA on charges (again)
The Investment Association (IA) have published another paper as their contribution to the ongoing debate on what the public and their fiduciaries should know about their funds. The paper fails on a number of levels 1. It ignores the fact that … Continue reading
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Tagged The Investment Management Association, charges, costs, DGF, IMA, Investment Management Association, Transaction costs, transactional costs, Transactions, Value for Money
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Payroll – the new paymasters?
It is a truth universally to be acknowledged that the man who bills the client is likeliest to get rich. We have got used to insurance companies and advisers controlling the price of our pension savings schemes. But by April … Continue reading
Why advisers aren’t getting paid for auto-enrolment
Amidst the back slapping as we pass 5m auto-enrolled into workplace pensions you hear little rejoicing from financial advisers. The majority we speak to are avoiding auto-enrolment for one reason- they can’t get paid for what they do. … Continue reading
Who is going to support auto-enrolment now?
So far 43,000 firms have staged auto-enrolment, in 2015 45,000 employers will stage and in January 2016 alone over 100,000 firms will stage. Whereas most employers who have staged so far will have had workplace pensions and advisers, the 1.25m … Continue reading
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Tagged accountant, auto-enroment, NEST, Payroll, payroll bureau, pension playpen, pensions
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“Collaboration” is not a dirty word
In this article, I am setting out First Actuarial’s and Pension PlayPen’s auto-enrolment strategy for 2015 and beyond. It is a strategy that sets out to collaborate with not compete with advisers. Why we chose to work … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, advice gap, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, financial advice, Government, IFA, independent financial advice, independent financial advisers, Pension Play Pen, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, workplace
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How do you like Pension PlayPen’s pitch
Contact us at info@pensionplaypen.co, or andy.walker@pensionplaypen.com or henry.tapper@pensionplaypen.com We would like to hear from you if you are an employer, an accountant, an adviser or run payrolls for a living!
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AE – make a virtue of necessity
It pains me to hear advisers talk of auto-enrolment as a “burden”. Helping to provide a retirement fund from which your staff can draw a pension seems to me a good thing for employers to do. If the phrase … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, corporate governance, Defined benefit pension plan, Financial services, Insurance, job, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, staff, Steve Webb, value, worth-doing
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Cass calls on fund managers to be paid on results.
Dr Nick Motson of Cass Business School has issued another broadside at the funds industry who have been dilatory at best in responding to consumer pressure to better align its fees to the value it brings to consumers. … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged advice, Business, charges, costs, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, Fees, fund management, Funds, IMA, Insurance, Justin, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, Transaction costs
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Pensions for start-ups – you having a laugh?
Well “no” actually! This article sets out to explain why even the youngest of companies should be planning for pensions. Pension planning isn’t top of the list for entrepreneurs, most hope their business will become their pension. But there are good … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, auto-enrolment, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Start ups
Tagged auto enrolment, auto-enrolment.DWP.Paul Johnson, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, dc pensions, Employment, entrepreneurs, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, pensions, Retirement, start-ups
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How to pay a consultant.
Why this is on my mind Today I’m speaking at a conference for pension consultants which is supposed to be exploring the opportunities for them and for their clients. Looking at their agenda, there is an obvious issue missing “how … Continue reading
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Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Consultant, Employment, Feedback, Insurance, Investing, Pay, pensions, Retirement, reward, United States
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