Category Archives: investment
Fund management’s like a car-boot, you’ve got to know what you’re paying (and what you’re buying).
Fund management’s like a car-boot, you’ve got to know what you’re paying (and what you’re buying). Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Bankers, brand, Farefail, Financial Education, First Actuarial, FSA, hedge funds, infrastucture, investment, London, Management, middleware, NEST
Tagged AMC, Business, Business and Economy, charges, costs, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, TER, Total Charge
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Can TISA hit out on pension transfers.
Who knows, we might even have pot follows member one day. Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, corporate governance, customer service, investment, pension playpen
Tagged Business, Financial services, Insurance, pension, Pension Regulator, pensions, Pot
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Exploring the cost of ownership – Guest blog from Dr Chris Sier
Introduction The pension fund value chain is overly complex, costly and completely opaque to the end consumer. The Kay Review of UK Equity Markets and Long-term Decision-making (2013) highlighted this. In fact, the total cost of owning (TCO) a pension … Continue reading
“Innovation – what innovation?” – Pension PlayPen confounded by DC investments
The 50th London Pension PlayPen lunch took place as ever at the Counting House (attendees listed below). At the opening show of hand six of us could see no great innovation happening in UK DC and three saw “potential” or … Continue reading
How Large Pension Schemes raise standards for all
One of the odd things (asymmetries) about pensions is that 90% of the attention is focussed on 10% of the schemes. The top 100 pension funds in Britain have more assets under management than the next 900 . And if … Continue reading
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Small is beautiful – a good news story from Investment Solutions
Have a look at the Investment Solutions website or http://www.firstactuarial.co.uk or http://www.pensionplaypen.com – you’ll see a common thread- SMALL BUT BEAUTIFUL. Continue reading
Posted in investment, pensions, Personality, Popcorn Pensions, Treasury
Tagged asset maangement, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, first actuarial, Investment Solutions, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement, Society
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In a muddle about investment management fees
It is a truth , universally acknowledged, that the more money you make, the less inclined you are to tell people how you made it. Continue reading
Why target date funds have been slow to catch on
with all the headwinds in the favour of TDFs and against Lifestyle it’s hard to see why insurers aren’t switching to TDFs Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, governance, investment
Tagged BlackRock, Funds, Investing, Lifestyle, Mutual fund, SHPS, Target date fund, United States
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Pensions for nothing and advice for free
Insurers will reconsider their options on schemes where commission is paid but no advice is delivered Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, investment, NEST, pensions
Tagged AMC, Consultant, Employment, Financial services, Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Trail commission
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