Category Archives: actuaries
Sexy-cash is back incentivizing pension transfers – let’s nip this in the bud
When you move your pension to an AJ Bell Youinvest SIPP, we’ll reward you with between £100 and £2,000 cashback to say thank you. The more you transfer, the more you’ll get. T&Cs apply. Capital at risk. Check for benefit … Continue reading
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Tagged AJ BEll, Pensions, Sexy-cash, Steve Webb
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The four green leaves of the clover
It’s my privilege to attend the three-weekly sessions of the Pensions NetWork and I’ve found them a welcome relief over this year of lockdown from the trials of the diurnal round. The 80 minute sessions are positive, informative and intellectually … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate change, John Moret, Jonathan Parker, Make My Money Matter, Maria Nazrova-Doyle, Tomas Carruthers, TPNW
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Five ways the change from RPI may impact you and your pension
It doesn’t matter if you are an employer or a DB pensioner or a DC saver, the Government’s decision to move from RPI to CPIH in 2030 will almost certainly impact you. The winners in this will be the … Continue reading
More protest at the DB funding code! When will it end?
An anonymous person writes. I am bound like Ixion to a wheel and must publish. Hot on the heels of Clacher and Keating’s excoriation of the skin and bones I have gleaned from the interweb, I get by carrier pigeon … Continue reading
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Can you run a pension scheme with no end in sight?
The concept of infinity has puzzled philosophers for millennia and I’m not taking it on in a blog. It’s temporal counterpart “eternity” has at least the boundary of time, though it’s still pretty mind-blowing to think of anything being eternal. … Continue reading
With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? The DB Funding Code: An Existential Threat to Open DB Scheme
We have been asked what impact the Funding Code would have on open schemes by a number of correspondents. This blog illustrates why the new funding code is the biggest risk that open scheme members face . Simply put, … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, DB Funding Code, Dr Iain Clacher, open pensions, Pension Schemes Bill, Pensions
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The Monthly medical update from COVID-10.arg
COVID-ARG.COM Monthly medical update – Issue 4 30 October 2020 By Nicola Oliver and Dan Ryan … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, coronavirus
Tagged antibody, Covid-19, Dan Ryan, Long Covid, Nicola Oliver, Trial, Vaccine
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Hospital Admissions Statistics – A fair representation of the true position?
COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – Learn. Share. Educate. Influence. Covid-arg.com Introduction The UK Government provides, as part of its coronavirus dashboard, daily information on hospital admissions where the patient has tested positive for COVID-19. We believe this measure … Continue reading
The heavens open on tPR and DWP’s DB plans
As predicted in my recent blog , the heavens have opened and the Government’s plans for a new DB funding code and powers to the Regulator to make it stick are at risk of being deluged by industry criticism. Not … Continue reading
Plagues past (and current matters ) Covid-19 Friday report (26)
WWW.Covid-arg.com The Friday Report – Issue 26 By Matthew Fletcher, Nicola Oliver and John Roberts COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group – … Continue reading
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Tagged #covid19, @actuarybyday, Actuarial response, actuaries, Actuaries Response Group
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