Category Archives: First Actuarial
It’s not a capacity crunch it’s a traffic jam
the nature of the problem changes but the scale of the problem remains the same Continue reading
Enough of this silly points-scoring!
We’re all at it and I don’t exclude me. Boys will be boys and give us a Business Development tag on our business cards and we go “all testosterone”. I got dissed last week by one of our rivals who … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, First Actuarial, pensions
Tagged Antler, Business, Card (sports), Deer, Recreation, twitter, unilever, World Series of Poker
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The true and fair way to “cost” your investments
This machine will increase competition, drive out inefficiencies and increase respect for managers (with an eye to costs ) Continue reading
The Regulator’s brilliant auto-enrolment website.
It is an example to other Government functions on how to engage with its audience. Continue reading
Those Dutch Pensions – a Civil Servant writes
I get some feedback on my blogs from people I know who don’t want to or aren’t allowed to go public. Here’s an example from a formidable figure and a personal friend (who I know/hope has the skin or a rhino … Continue reading
A method to chose your workplace pension scheme.
I’d value your feedback on a scoring system we are developing which aims to provide employers with a method of rating one pension proposition against another. We want it used by employers looking to establish a new workplace scheme, and those who … Continue reading
Working for the clampdown?
“what are we going to do now?” Joe Strummer asked in 1979. Are we still working for the Clampdown? Continue reading
Chimp or chump? Fund Managers: Really, Really Bad at What They Do
For some years, First Actuarial have been running a “Monkey League” which pits the wits of 150 top brains against 1000 monkeys; the task, to pick two teams to do well and two to do badly in each of the four football … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, First Actuarial, monkey league, pensions
Tagged Active management, Asset management, IBM, Index fund, Motley Fool, Mutual fund, S&P 500, Standard & Poor, Vanguard Group, Wall Street
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Taxpayer subsidy for public service pensions to double over 6 years
This is an article from Michael Johnson. I agree with the numbers but I’m not so sure about the sentiment that lies behind it. As a nation we can afford anything if we chose to prioritise the spending and we … Continue reading
Better-buying makes auto-enrolment work
The promise of “Wealth at work” has disguised the paucity of the pension outcomes when work finishes. Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, corporate governance, dc pensions, First Actuarial, Henry Tapper blog, pensions, steve webb, target date funds
Tagged Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Regulator, Self-invested personal pension, SHPS, Small and medium enterprises, UK State Pension
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