Category Archives: accountants
Citizen’s Advice- the place to get pension guidance
George Osborne has announced the Citizen Advice Bureau as the delivery mechanism for face to face guidance over the new pension reforms. The Treasury announcement is here. This doesn’t come as a surprise – CAB had been after the work and … Continue reading
“Hope I die before I get old..?”
The quote’s from Pete Townsend and the Who’s “my generation”. It’s a brutal version of the Beatles’ “when I’m 64” but both songs are driven by the fear of getting old “will you still need, me, will you still … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, CDC, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Popcorn Pensions, Public sector pensions
Tagged Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Financial services, George Osbourne, Government, Housing, Old age, Pension Reforms, Reforms, Retirement, the Beatles, The Who
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Using your pension as a bank account.
Those “waking up to money” or to headlines in selected media (ahem!) will be gasping over their croissants at the headline. Is this a further raft of legislation ? You’ll be pleased to hear it isn’t! It is in fact … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, advice gap, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, NEST, pensions, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Bank account, Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial Services Authority, Osborne, parliament, Payroll, pension, Pension Bill, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pension.Bank, Pensioner Payroll
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Do you want to be a Pension PlayPen Agent?
If you fancy helping your clients to get the right workplace pension to suit their payroll and provide best outcomes for their staff, you should register as an agent at http://www.pensionplaypen.com/register . Helping your clients to use our service doesn’t … Continue reading
It’s all down to the management –
I’m watching the rain-soaked start of the Japanese Grand-Prix in Suzuka and marvelling at the organisation of a formula one team. What will get your driver first past the chequered flag. Engine- tyre management -DRS- Driver – race … Continue reading
Sing if you’re “GLAD” to be grey!
If you’re old enough to recognise the reference to Tom Robinson’s 1977 gay anthem then you’re grey, bald or using restorer! Here’s Tom singing about queer bashing on “So it Goes” , complete with Japanese sub-titles (that’s the wonder of … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, Guidance, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Treasury
Tagged Fun, Glad to be gay, Guarantee, Guidance, Tom Robinson
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Ros Altmann on why the over 60’s are missing out on “free pension money”
Ros Atmann recently told me she wished she could blog like me, having read this blog, I wish I could write like her! Huge numbers of over 60s are opting out of pensions auto-enrolment, losing their employer contribution Budget pension … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, annuity, auto-enrolment, Flump, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged pensions, retirees, Retirement, Ros Altmann
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What did you do in the war Daddy?
One of the most successful recruitment campaigns ever- focussed on this simple question. It asked young men to imagine themselves once the fighting stopped having to explain to those in their care the contribution they’d made to the war effort. … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, annuity, corporate governance, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb
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11 tips for advisers planning for April ’15
It’s been four months since the Budget and the aftershocks of George’s pension bombshell are still being fealt. One by one, the policy decisions which will shape the way advice and guidance will be delivered, are falling into place. … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Collaborate, First Actuairal, Guidance, IFA, pension, pension playpen, Retirement, Work
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