You usually need 35 qualifying years of National Insurance contributions to get the full State Pension in the UK. If…
In the states, certain retirement savings programs have unique "catch-up" provisions - where those whose income varies from year to…
NEST’s Guided Retirement Fund in the UK gets part of the way there by separating money according to its intended…
"As usual with The Times, this is a briefing about England & Wales only." I'm so old that I can…
Category Archives: leadership
Do linkedin endorsements do your head in?
You can’t stop someone from endorsing you, but you can opt out of having your endorsements show on your profile Continue reading
Posted in brand, leadership, Linkedin, Retirement
Tagged Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, Financial services, Linked in, linkedin, London, pension playpen, social media, Society, twitter
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Better ways to diversify the default.
When people see the jigsaw being put together , we may even get better public confidence in workplace pension schemes – something devoutly to be hoped for! Continue reading
“Thought leadership” – perish the thought!
Anyone who markets themselves as a thought leader ought to shut up – (pension plowman 2013) I was tweeted the message “shut up” by a twitter robot yesterday which made me consider whether I should be annoying people with my … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, dc pensions, First Actuarial, leadership, pensions
Tagged Business, German, Leadership, Management, Management consulting, Mein Kampf, Thought leader, twitter
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NEST Insight; what the 11m+ “unpensioned” think.
NEST has produced a chunky report that “takes the temperature of automatic enrolment”. This promises to be the first of a series and as the first has five years of accumulated insights to lay before us. I thoroughly recommend it … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, corporate governance, customer service, David Pitt-Watson, First Actuarial, leadership, Liberal Democrats, napf, NEST, Payroll, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged Cassandra, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Steve Webb, Tim Jones
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From aubergines to Amazon- the unstoppable Vivi Friedgut
I had been hoping to make an Amazon bulk purchase of Vivi Friedgut’s book “Money Smarter- a Family Guide” but have been frustrated by the book’s being virtually sold out. It’s turning into a phenomenon and is on the verge of breaking into Amazon’s top … Continue reading
“Exclusive” social media is foolish
If ever there was an organisation that has well and truly got social media, it is the Actuarial Post Continue reading
People with long eyes
“People with long eyes” This is what some native Americans called the scientists setting up a telescope in the mid-west desert; the phrase gave Lucy Winkett’s sermon at the St Paul’s Schools John Colet Day its theme. I sat and listened with long ears … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, Church of England, leadership, Management, Occupy London, St Paul's
Tagged Britain, Cathedral, John Colet, London, Paul, St Paul's Cathedral, United States, westminster
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Why I support Labour’s attack on pension charges
The reactions I’ve read to Ed Milliband‘s “all-out attack on pension charges” have been universally negative. They range from Robert Burgon’s “open letter to Ed Milliband” condemning the lumping of good and bad together to the broadside from Otto Thorenson of the ABI (linked). All … Continue reading
Abusing the voice of the people – a call for better pensions
Evangelists of social media cite the wisdom of the crowd. But wisdom and gullibility are two sides of the same coin and those who marvel at the capacity of groups to congregate around their chosen solutions, demonize their herd mentality when the crowd looks elsewhere. “Vox … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, Change, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, defined aspiration, Henry Tapper blog, leadership, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Personal Accounts
Tagged Bernard Levin, David Pitt-Watson, Defined benefit pension plan, Dutch, pension, Steve Webb, Tesco, Totalitarianism
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Auto-enrolment;- the story so far
Payroll managers are playing an increasingly important role in the formation of their business’ pension strategies. Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, leadership, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Centrica, Employment, Human Resources, Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Payroll, pension, Tesco
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Agreed!