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Category Archives: Facebook
Cyber-power; is Facebook our new Government?
When your bobbing up and down on the Thames in a wooden boat for a few days, it’s difficult to imagine how tech platforms are changing the world, but returning to terra- firma and reading “the Fracturing of the Global … Continue reading
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The normal cost of pensions remains the same.
The debate about the “fairness” of offering some people “gold-plated” defined benefit schemes and others no more than the auto-enrolment minimum is familiar to everyone in the UK. Sometimes, it’s useful to look at the same debate from a different … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, Facebook, pensions
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Martin Lewis and Facebook
Martin Lewis is a god, he is followed by millions because he is consistent in what he does. He does not advertise products. And yet Facebook allow advertisers to hi-jack his brand, even his image and use it to endorse … Continue reading
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Trial by twitter’s fine by me!
An IFA withdraws its transfer service complaining it’s the victim of “trial by twitter”. Accountability is something that falls hard on adviser’s shoulders. Because we are in the business of longer term investment, the outcomes of our advice will typically … Continue reading
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Posted in pensions, twitter
Tagged Aegon, FCA, NOW Pensions, pensions, Port Talbot, social media, twitter, YouTube
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How Facebook works for pensions.
Most people know I use social media a lot – it serves me well and I’m keen to help people less familiar with it, to spend their time profitably. Two years ago I was saying, spend time on Linked in … Continue reading
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“A decision to take a transfer cannot be reversed and should not be rushed”
This blog is mainly written for deferred members of the British Steel Pension Scheme, but many other people may find it interesting. There’s no doubt that what is going on in Tata-land, will go on with other employers who feel … Continue reading
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Posted in accountants, advice gap, Bankers, Change, drawdown, Facebook, pensions
Tagged advice, Al Rush, BSPS, CETV, Drawdown, Facebook, pensions, Time, transfer-value, TUC
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Planning for a noble and quick death?
The FT has been doing some research about what motivates people to swap a pension for drawdown. The sample may not have been big but they’re drawing a strange conclusion. The superiority of the death benefits within drawdown are … Continue reading
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Posted in Facebook, First Actuarial, pensions, twitter
Tagged CARE, Debora Price, Dementia, Drawdown, jo cumbo, Old age, pension
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Is NEST best?
Back-slapping all round NEST launched its third Insight into the state of the UK auto-enrolment project yesterday. This was a land grab for AE glory. At the front of the pack was Joanne Segars whose NAPF hosted the event. Hopefully … Continue reading
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Fear of feedback
Everyone knows what social media does. For every blog there are comments, every forum has its threads, some twitter conversations last for weeks. It is the interaction between author and reader that makes it distinctive. The “Letter in the Times” … Continue reading
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Posted in Facebook, social media, Start ups, twitter
Tagged Business, database, DWP, Employment, Facebook, fail, Feedback, Financial services, Government, like, pension, Pension new, social media, trip advisor, twitter
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Pension PlayPen needs your digits.
Digital marketing is something we’re having to learn as we go along. We’ve got to find 1,000,000 employers who don’t have a workplace pension and convince them of the importance of paying some attention to what their staff invest … Continue reading
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Posted in Facebook, Linkedin, pension playpen, pensions, Personality, twitter
Tagged Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial Services Authority, Government, Investment management, Life annuity, linkedin, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Politics, public sector, social media, Society
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