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Category Archives: Consolation
The trusted word
This is the model for what we are doing with Pension PlayPen, an attempt to harness the energy and credibility of a linked in group, the probity of an actuarial practice and the needs of advisers, employers and regulators to see through a great endeavour, the wholesale adoption of funded workplace pensions into our business culture.
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Posted in actuaries, advice gap, Consolation, First Actuarial, Linkedin, mallowstreet, poetry, Retirement, welfare, workplace pensions
Tagged Business, Financial services, Government, Linked in, pensions, social media, twitter, YouTube
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Imaginary terror exposed
The decision by the House of Commons not to agree (even in principle) to Britain’s military intervention in Syria was surprising and uplifting. There will be three immediate consequences. 1. We will not open yet another front on the war … Continue reading
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Posted in Change, Consolation, Syria, welfare
Tagged Cameron, chemical weapons, Hague, parliament, Syria, terror, terrorism, war
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The Vision of the Plowman
The “Vision of the Pension Plowman” is a bastardisation of the title of a 14th century english Poet (William Langland’s) great poem, “the Vision of Piers Plowman”. In this great book, the Plowman falls asleep by a stream and dreams … Continue reading
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Time for action on pension fund costs.
It is in everyone’s interest to clean up pensions. Whether you are a fiduciary or a practitioner, whether you regulate or run a trade body, if you want a healthy respected industry in 20 years, you need to change your attitude/practice/tolerance now.
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Posted in actuaries, brand, CDC, Consolation, pensions, target date funds
Tagged charges, costs, hidden, reputation
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Pension agnostic?
An “agnostic” is someone who knows he cannot know and so gives up trying to find out. You hear the phrase “pension agnostic” bandied around at the moment, mainly from the providers of ancillary services that help companies auto-enrol. If you key … Continue reading
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Posted in actuaries, Consolation, corporate governance, dc pensions, defined aspiration, Fiduciary Management, Financial Education, First Actuarial, hargreaves lansdowne, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Business, Employment, Financial adviser, Financial services, Human Resources, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Saving
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Never mind the width – feel the quality!
In the heyday of occupational pension provision, offering membership to a company pension scheme sent a clear message to staff that the company was confident in its future and cared for its human resource. When defined benefit schemes were first … Continue reading
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More cobblers from investment experts on DC pensions
I am afraid I have to report yet more moronic thinking from the investment community showing their disconnect with the ways and means of everyday folk. Example one is from Lyxor, who used to be called Societe Generale until they screwed … Continue reading
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Posted in auto-enrolment, Bankers, club pension, Consolation, dc pensions, defined aspiration, happiness, Liability Driven Investment, mallowstreet, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Personal Accounts, Public sector pensions, with-profits
Tagged Business, City, Funds, Investing, Investment, Paul Black, pension, Pension fund
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“The older I get, the less I trust my pension!”
An interesting observation from Gerry Barwell in 140 characters When I interview consumers on AE/ wider pensions – the barrier of mistrust is significant. Less so in the young but for 40+ Which gives us the opportunity to speculate on … Continue reading
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The 6 People You Need in Your Corner
I voted for the Taskmaster Continue reading
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Posted in Consolation, leadership, Management, social media
Tagged Business, cheerleader, connector, doubter, example, instigater, Social Networking, taskmaster, teams, Work
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Born to overrun – Springsteen dancing in the park
Last night Hyde Park hosted 80,000 mesmerised spectators who stood in the rain and listened to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band , joined by Sir Paul McCartney – the legend. Here’s the video footage of the two singing “I saw her standing … Continue reading
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Posted in Bankers, Consolation, Greece, happiness, pension playpen, springstee, Springsteen, The Racket of the Lambs
Tagged Bruce Springsteen, BruceSpringsteen, E Street Band, Hard Rock Calling, Hardrock, London, McCartney, Paul McCartney, Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, Tom Morello, westminster
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