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Guy Opperman – we want you to stay
I first met Guy Opperman at a TPAS function when he gave my company First Actuarial a commendation for the work it had done on financial education. It was one of the first times he had spoken as the … Continue reading
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Tagged financial inclusion, Guy Opperman, Pensions Minister, TPAS
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“State of the Pension” address
After doing a 30 minute address to to CIPP in 10 minutes, I’ve been called back to do another one – only this time I’m first on – which means I could gab on for ages and make sure no … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Martin Lewis, Payroll, pensions
Tagged CIPP, Investment, Payroll, pensions, Tax, Technology
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Can you judge value from your pension pot?
My friend Emmy Labovitch, who is now a Director of the PPF told me the one risk you can get off the table if you’re a consumer is cost. If you can measure cost then you can look at the … Continue reading
Workplace GPPs, incompetence not governance drives policy.
The argument in a nutshell The FCA has decided to relax rules that would have made the management of workplace group personal pensions very difficult. These GPPs are run by insurers and a few GSIPP operators (Hargreaves Lansdown most prominently). … Continue reading
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Tagged charges, costs, FCA, Nutshell, pensions, transaparent, Value for Money
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Pension incentives – a foundation for change.
Looking for some help on this one. I appreciate it could be both but if it’s a binary choice, which one do you go for? Thanks Is pension tax relief meant to be… — Tom McPhail (@PensionsMonkey) February 3, 2020 … Continue reading
My ethics are my own
I appear to be under fire on twitter for claiming I am investing ethically by purchasing units in the LGIM FutureWorld fund. I am aware that this fund is not strictly an ethical fund and that my investment isn’t an … Continue reading
What are those actuaries up to now?
“The Great Risk Transfer” baffled the journalists who were conspicuous by their absence at this breakfast meeting. Pension Age reported “IFoA to investigate transferring of risk onto consumers” as if the actuaries were campaigning for Which? Professional Pensions reported the … Continue reading
More argy-bargy in pension’s tax-trenches
Blessed are the peacemakers, until they wade into a debate on tax-relief. The saintly Darren Philp , maybe picking up from comments from ex DWP govt actuary Andy Young, tried to change the debate. To summarise his argument, he … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions, Treasury
Tagged Andrew Young, darren philp, David Robbins, EET, John Ralfe, Pensionsn, Tax, TEE
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Why delays in dashboard delivery hit the worst-off hardest
This blog looks at how the information from the pensions dashboard could help those on low incomes with low savings and it focusses not on how they save, but how they spend their savings. I had hoped , following … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, DWP, MAPS, pensions
Tagged Dashboard, Gareth Morgan, MAPS, open finance, Pension Dashboard, pensions
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Open pensions; – the opportunity …and the threat.
Darren Philp’s a passionate guy and you should read his piece in Professional Pensions on how we should allow the Pension Dashboard to be part of the open finance initiative. He even has a Mary Poppins moment Apps and aggregators, … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, open pensions, pensions
Tagged darren philp, Dashboards, Emma Douglas, Guy Opperman, open pensions, Pension Dashboard
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