Category Archives: drawdown
“I will look unto the hills” – for help with my DC pot!
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
Labour’s drawdown cap – right idea- wrong execution
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
Posted in drawdown, DWP, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Business, CAP, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, Gregg, Gregg McClymont, Insurance, Labour, Labour policy, Pension Drawdown, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb
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The true cost of pensions; UK vs Netherlands – guest blog from Emma Craig of KAS Bank
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
Posted in CDC, drawdown, DWP, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Education, First Actuarial, pension playpen
Tagged Business, chris sier, Cost, emma craig, Financial services, KAS, KAS Bank, pension, true
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“To meet the needs of those in the middle” – what pension consultancy should be about!
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
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, defined ambition, drawdown, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged annuity, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement
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“We are as concerned as we can afford to be”
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
Posted in David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, defined ambition, defined aspiration, drawdown, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Public sector pensions
Tagged Business, CDC, Consultants, Defined Ambition, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, Legislation, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, pensions, Pensions Bill, Retirement, Steve Webb
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