Category Archives: CDC
The Dutch Pension Reform WTP – Rogier Swierstra
Rogier Swierstra As long as I have been working in the Dutch pension system, it has been under discussion or reform. But now it’s for real! A monumental reform law (WTP stands for Wet Toekomst Pensioenen, the Future Pensions Law) … Continue reading
Private employers shouldn’t make SCAPE a goat to butt out of paying pensions
1) Public service pensions are the single largest liability on the government balance sheet – bigger than the national debt. (https://t.co/F8dsk2oIij) 2) The public sector employs more than 5 million people (most of whom have a pension). It’s a big … Continue reading
What’s the fuss about CDC?
Readers may well ask why so much attention has been paid to a new type of pension called CDC. It is highly controversial but despite all the articles, seminars and legislation, not a single CDC scheme has been set up, … Continue reading
Does the “CDC” scheme have a future beyond Royal Mail?
Time will tell whether there weill be further applications to provide staff with CDC benefits, but for now we know that Royal Mail are pressing ahead – which is a huge achievment on its part. The Pensions Regulator confirmed yesterday … Continue reading
Guess what! USS isn’t bust any more!
To no great surprise for readers of this blog, the notional deficit on the USS pension scheme has all but gone away , at least according to an interim valuation of assets and liabilities in March this year. In two … Continue reading
20 questions we need to answer to make CDC mass-market
This is the first in a series of blogs which will address some of the questions being asked about CDC schemes. The 20 questions in this blog have been collated and addressed by Con Keating in the hope that we … Continue reading
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
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, CDC, Dashboard
Tagged CDC, Dashboard, M3, master trust, Royal Mail, SPP
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We need pensions not pots
10m UK pensioners risk running out of money — poll https://t.co/LTEpRsBNXS — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) August 26, 2021 We are busy saving into pots that provide no pensions and turning future pensions into pension pots. Let’s be clear, we are … Continue reading
Keating moves the dial towards collective DC pensions.
The work done by Iain Clacher and Con Keating on creating a consistent framework for a fair , sufficient and sustainable way of returning to funded pension provision is too important to sit on an academic bookshelf. We have DC … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, CDC
Tagged AgeWage, CDC, Con Keating, Michael Mainelli, Wage in retirement
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The prospect of fair, sufficient and sustainable pensions; miracle or mirage?
In a very short time , Pension PlayPen’s coffee mornings have achieved a regular following of 100 or so pension professionals, keen to hear and share views on critical pension issues. Steve Goddard has assembled a group of Pension All … Continue reading