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Category Archives: actuaries
What we need are “after-workplace pensions”.
The concept of the “employer covenant” is different for member and trustee The concept of collectivism in pensions is restricted to the workplace. The key instruments of collective pensions are payroll that collects contributions, the corporate treasury team that provides … Continue reading
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Tagged after work, after workplace pension, Afterwork, Pensions, workplace
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ONS finds those not wearing masks 50% more at risk from Covid
Thanks to the indefatigable John Roberts. Keep up the good work and be careful of that Zider! An interesting release by ONS today on the characteristics of people testing positive recently. One noteworthy finding is that those who don’t wear … Continue reading
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Eri-tation ; time to come clean on DC pensions.
Eritability Of all the time wasted talking about pension dashboards, the time wasted on “estimated retirement income” irks me most. It is not the sight of actuaries arguing over annuity and growth rates that irks me , it’s that the … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Dashboard, M3, master trust, Royal Mail, SPP
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Moral hazard and the “compo culture”- must good pay for bad?
Blow to the trust in our profession. We could have organized to help people and divi the work for an industry wide agreed fixed fee on this. People matter. #financialplanning #values #trust https://t.co/wJghgWZEOe — Clémence Chatelin (@CChatelin) January 25, 2021 … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Rush, BSPS, Compensation, FSCS, moral hazard, Pensions
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Buzzing for the DB funding code?
Views of the proposed DB Funding Code from Con Keating In their weekly Pensions Buzz survey, Professional Pensions posed the following question: “Is TPR’s approach to the new DB funding code the correct one in your view?” There were 100 respondents … Continue reading
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Tagged DB Funding Code, Funding Code, Pension Buzz, professional pensions
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Managing and measuring DB schemes (Keating, Tilba and Clacher)
With the intention of keeping the Pension Regulator focused, Keating and Clacher have recruited Dr Anna Tilba of Durham University to their ranks. A powerful triumvirate of pension intellectuals whose latest blog is an antidote to the toxicity of pseudo … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, David Fairs, Dr anna tilba, Durham, Iain Clacher, Leeds, merry christmas, TPR, Warwick
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If the poor can’t save in this pandemic, when can they save?
Yesterday I wrote about Nest Insight’s sidecar savings project (now mysteriously called “Jars”). The article caught the eye of Michael Johnson who graphically reminded me of the most effective means ever of increasing the savings ratio. So – covering … Continue reading
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Tagged Jars, Michael Johnson, NEST insight, OECD, Pensions, Sidecar
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COVID-19 Actuaries sign off for the year with their 31st cracking report
COVID-ARG.COM Friday Report: Issue … Continue reading
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Tagged #covid19, actuaries, COVID 19, French grandma, Vaccine
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COVID-19 ; have recent Government interventions helped?
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Tagged Christmas, Covid, England, Government, Intervention, john roberts, Northern Ireland, Wales
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Could we get a double win-reducing COVID and seasonal flu?
Covid-Arg.com By Stephen Kramer for … Continue reading
