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Category Archives: age wage
Wishful thinking (why are we so gullible?)
People are clearly having trouble occupying their time. With bank accounts bloated with unspent wages, many are taking to Reddit to do battle with hedge fund managers. I see one or two in WeWork as I stare in on my … Continue reading
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Tagged astrologer, donkey, justin cash, Martin bamford, schadenfreude, tic toc
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Pension Playpen to relaunch as a Fintech
Pension campaign and networking group The Pension Playpen – founded by pension expert Henry Tapper – is to relaunch in February as a fintech company aimed at the pensions industry. The Playpen will provide networking and comment platforms as well … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged FinTech, henry tapper, pension playpen
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DWP frees up workplace pension defaults – can providers be trusted?
It looks like the high-water mark for Government intervention in workplace pensions has been reached. The years following the introduction of the RDR saw the abolition of sales commissions (both for introducing members and setting up schemes), of “active member … Continue reading
Peter Weiner has died – we will miss him
I did not know Peter very well -for the amount of time I spent in his company. Our direct conversations usually revolved around my poor spelling and the health of my partner whom Peter worked with when at BT. He … Continue reading
If you follow one person in 2021 – make it Mark Carney
How we get what we value The Reith lectures were delivered this year by Mark Carney. He is to economists what Barack Obama is to politicians, a bellwether of considered common sense and though he is no longer Governor … Continue reading
Michael Johnson challenges the Nest Sidecar (Jars) project
The Nest Sidecar project (now renamed “Jars”) has been sponsored by a number of leading financial services companies and some major employers (including Timpsons and BT). This blog is an open letter to the Nest management from Michael Johnson, in … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, NEST
Tagged Helen Dean, Jars, Michael Johnson, NEST, pension, Pensions, Sidecar
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Saving our way to a fairer society..
Thanks a second time to Michael Johnson for asking a salient question about recently published data If we compare four months in 2019 and 2020 we see a £20.5 billion behavioural swing: At the end of February 2020, total outstanding … Continue reading
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
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, age wage
Tagged Jars, Michael Johnson, NEST insight, OECD, Pensions, Sidecar
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The curse of wealth (and the pleasure from income)
The purpose of money is to pay for things that are needed. The definition of need varies but the link with liability is strong. For most people , the fear of not being able to pay for things we need … Continue reading
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Tagged curse, curse of wealth, financial planning, Wealth, wealth management
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“In pensions we trust” – when our data is trusty!
Yesterday I talked about how we can performance analysis of individual pension pots to sense check the quality of data. The idea is to make sure that once contributions reach the pension provider, they are properly recorded and people can … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Treasury, trustee, workplace pensions
Tagged big-data, Centrica, Data, Pensions, Power, Transparency, trust
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