Category Archives: drawdown

The Pension Dashboard – all dressed up with nowhere to go.

Posted on November 10, 2016 by

The number of pension providers who’ve paid to join the Government’s pension dashboard initiative has risen to 17. The initial pilot will be more complete because legacy pension providers like Phoenix have joined the hard core who offer new pensions … Continue reading →

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“Rape and Kill” – why the public are turning off retirement advice.

Posted on September 29, 2016 by

Thanks to the PPI for the second Future Book – Unravelling Workplace Pensions. The 2016 Edition of the PPI’s study on workplace pension is published today. Getting data on the state of workplace pensions has always been tricky. If you … Continue reading →

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Magic beans and “negative capability”

Posted on March 22, 2015 by

Negative capability describes the capacity of human beings to transcend and revise their contexts. If we dismiss it as “magic beans” we are committed to repeating the mistakes of the past – and- as we all know – that way is madness. Continue reading →

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“I will look unto the hills” – for help with my DC pot!

Posted on December 2, 2014 by

    As the days click by and Outlook starts filling up for April  2015, I ask myself what help is on its way for those without the means for a drawdown SIPP or the inclination to purchase an annuity. … Continue reading →

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Labour’s drawdown cap – right idea- wrong execution

Posted on November 24, 2014 by

Labour is calling for a cap on drawdown charges from April 2015. It is easy to see why. Currently there is a false market for drawdown with many customers paying as much as 4% pa for the management of their … Continue reading →

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The true cost of pensions; UK vs Netherlands – guest blog from Emma Craig of KAS Bank

Posted on November 19, 2014 by

  Yesterday the Financial Services Consumer Panel released a paper outlining key issues for long term savers created by opacity in the true cost of investing in pensions. As auto-enrolment of workers into (predominantly) Defined Contribution pensions continues apace the … Continue reading →

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“To meet the needs of those in the middle” – what pension consultancy should be about!

Posted on November 2, 2014 by

The Advert On Tuesday I am sitting on a panel with good friends; Otto Thoresen, author of the Thoresen report; Mathew Arends, Partner at Aon Hewitt, Duncan Buchanan president of the Society of Pension Consultants. The session will be chaired … Continue reading →

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“We are as concerned as we can afford to be”

Posted on June 27, 2014 by

The DWP has now presented the draft bill that will enable Defined Ambition pensions to be set up, probably from this time in 2016.  While lawyers pour over the clauses, it’s worth considering the responses the Government received to the ideas … Continue reading →

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