Category Archives: Change
How shares work (for us and our pensions)
Shares haven’t worked well for us over the past twelve years. World stock markets, especially the mature markets in Britain , Japan and the US, are worth less today than they were at the turn of the millenium. While some company’s shares … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Bankers, Change, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, defined aspiration, FSA, happiness, Henry Tapper blog, Retirement
Tagged Alastair Ross Goobey, Association of British Insurers, BlackRock, Investment management, National Association of Pension Funds, pension, Standard Life, Zurich
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More pensions nonsense from the “investment community”
How have have the people who invest pension funds become so out of touch with the people who retire from them? This question occurred to me several times yesterday as I listened to a large numbers of charming and intelligent people … Continue reading
In the DC garden, all is not a bed of roses
I’ve been reading the latest report from the Friends Life Workplace Savings Index which you too can read by pressing this link. The report is powered by DCisions, an organisation that crunches numbers and produces reports on people’s pension investments. I … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, Change, corporate governance, dc pensions, de-risking, NEST, pensions
Tagged Company, Friends Life, Insurance, Investment, Investment strategy, Life annuity, Lifestyle, pension, Rate of return, Retirement
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Pension play pen lunches endorses Kay on corporate governance.
The lunch of April 2nd was attended by 12 of our number, being;- Sarah Hargraves – Pension administrator with Unison Jon Thorne – Secretary to the FRC‘s (Financial Reporting Council) actuarial user committee Anita North – Hewistons Janet Hennessey – Hennessey … Continue reading
Posted in Change, corporate governance, pension playpen, pensions
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SHOULD INVSTORS BE PREPARED TO PAY FOR CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT?
This is the question we’ll be debating at today’s pension play pen lunch. I’m a little daunted . I’ve read Professor John Kay‘s excellent paper about how equities work, should work and why they could work better. He’s in the middle … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, Change, corporate governance, FSA, happiness, pensions
Tagged Business, City of London, Economic, Financial intermediary, Financial services, Investing, John Kay, Stock market
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“I felt I’d helped”
What I am most keen to do, is to make sure that the pride that drove the simple words “I felt I helped”, is remembered and used by the youngsters when times get tough again.
Make NEST the dustbin of our pension dreams?
We all like the idea of having all our retirement funds in a big pot which we can manage efficiently and value easily. But not at any price! This link takes you to a version of Aegon’s submission to Government on “operation … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Change, NEST
Tagged Aegon, DWP, NAPF, National Employment Savings Trust, Open Market Option, pension, Retirement, Steve Webb
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Now more than ever we need to remember why universal benefits are important
Now more than ever we need to remember why universal benefits are important.
Posted in Change, dc pensions, Henry Tapper blog
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The living side of change (guest blog from Jenny Davidson)
Jenny’s one of the most intuitive people I know, she runs the reward side of things at CSC and has recently started writing her ideas down. This is an edited version of a recent blog; I like it because it … Continue reading
Posted in Change
Tagged Articles, Business, Change management, Consulting, Leadership, Management, McKinsey, McKinsey & Company, Organizational Change
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