Category Archives: age wage
Opperman – pensions are for the long term
It was good to see Guy Opperman speaking at Professional Pensions Live. This is my take on his speech and the direction of Government pension’s policy as we come out of lock-down and into the summer recess! Recently Guy … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Dashboard, open pensions, Pension Freedoms, pensions
Tagged bowles, Dashboard, Guy Opperman, House of Lords, Pension Schemes Bill, pensions, Superfund
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AgeWage group hits 10,000 members
Marian Elliott and I had the idea of a linked in group for pension professionals in October 2009. Over the next decade it has grown from a playground where people could meet and do things off their own back to … Continue reading
Workplace pensions fall short over “at-retirement support”
At Retirement Support (with its unfortunate acronym) is not high on workplace pension provider’s priority lists and this is reflected in this survey published by Pensions Expert in an article by Stephanie Hawthorne The survey, conducted by Broadridge, was of … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, At REtirement, pension, Savings
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My noble Lords – you Canute be serious
King Canute was wise enough to know he could not hold back the incoming tide. This blog is about two decisions taken in the House of Lords which suggest that our peers have not learned that lesson. I have just … Continue reading
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Tagged canute, Dashboard, Pension Dashboard, pensions
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Support the young , we are done!
I realized , as I filled in my submission to the Pension Dashboard Programme’s call for input (you can do yours here), that for my generation, the boomers, the dashboard will arrive too late. Most of our pensions are either … Continue reading
An advert you wouldn’t see in Britain!
Most UK pension people will look at this advert (on Linked in) with bemusement, some may think it a scam, but I know the people behind this initiative and that, in Australia, they are in earnest for good. This article … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged Actuary, Australia, CDC, CIO, Jim Hennington, Real lifetime pension, Super
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Value for Money may just have had its eureka moment.
The story so far… 2014 – the OFT conclude that we are rubbish at buying pensions 2015 – FCA requires big insurers providing workplace pensions to set up IGCs (and most of the rest GAAs) 2016- IGCs start producing statements … Continue reading
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Lets stop kidding ourselves about pensions
Three things prompt me to write this article The work of Dr Iain Clacher and Con Keating into the unequal burden regulation places on the sponsors of defined benefit pension schemes The agreement between unions, Government and employers in the … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, CDC, consolidation, pensions
Tagged CDC, Con Keating, Iain Clacher, Netherlands, Pension Schemes Bill, pensions
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So what can our past performance tell us of the future?
Very excited by developments in @agewageuk scoring that are helping us understand the risks each saver experiences relative to all relevant risks members can take, more in weeks to come! — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) July 2, 2020 It is narcissistic … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Experience, Funds, past, Performance
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“Make my Money Matter” launches Tuesday; here’s your invitation
Make My Money Matter, spearheaded by Richard Curtis, Co-founder of Comic Relief, is launching a movement calling for the trillions of pounds invested in our UK pensions to build a better world – one that puts people and planet alongside profit. … Continue reading
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Tagged Gillian Tett, Helen Dean, Make My Money Matter, Mark Carney, richard curtis, Russell Picot, Tanya Steele, Vincent Franklin
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