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Category Archives: corporate governance
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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What have the Australians done for us – not much!
I’ve been asked to talk to some pension people later this month on Supertrusts and what we can learn from the Australian Superannuation System. I have attended a number of lectures on this subject over the past few years, mainly … Continue reading
Bill Whitehead’s drawers
I wrote last week about why we need a national register of people’s pension pots (not a clearing house or a system of enforced transfers). Re-reading the post, I can see many people will be asking “what is the issue at … Continue reading
Search “my pensions”!
Steve Webb is right in reckoning we would value our personal pension saving more if it were in one big pot. He is right that this would make the job of converting pension saving into an income stream for life easier. … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, dc pensions, defined aspiration, FSA, happiness
Tagged DC Comics, DWP, Government, Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Standard Life, Steve Webb
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Whatever happened to “stakeholder economics”?
When Blair swept to power in 1997, Will Hutton‘s vision of a stakeholder economy was central to New Labour‘s vision. While the idealism of those years is now derided, I prefer it to the negativity of today’s commentary. Listening to … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, corporate governance, Henry Tapper blog, Jersey, pension playpen, pensions, Popcorn Pensions, Retirement
Tagged Business, Business and Economy, customer service, David Mowatt, dc pensions, Dutch, HSBC, Jersey, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Steve Webb, twitter, Will Hutton
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The language that we use
This from the normally readable Booznews This year’s fact-based shopper marketing study, prepared in partnership with Shopper Sciences and the Grocery Manufacturers Association, reveals, among other findings, that leading CPG manufacturers and retailers are increasingly adopting a solutions-based approach to amplify … Continue reading
Define your aspiration.
Last week, the brotherhood of DB and DC pensions got a little sister when Steve Webb introduced the prospect of DA to the family. There is nothing new about the search for a third way, indeed it is the pensions equivalent of the … Continue reading