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Category Archives: Martin Lewis
Why Paul Lewis is doing IFAs a favour.
Paul Lewis has written an article that has annoyed many IFAs. You can read it here. If you haven’t read it, you might as well now, as most of this article will only make sense if you’re familiar with Paul’s … Continue reading
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Posted in Martin Lewis, Paul Lewis
Tagged charges, commissions, Fees, Financial services, IFA, IFAs, Martin Lewis, Paul Lewis, pensions
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Does Generation X really trust the Internet?
I laugh at my Mum who goes to Shaftesbury library to find out what to do. She’s 84 and you’d have thought she’d have learned how to use an iphone by now. I mean my 17 year old kid … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, Martin Lewis, pension playpen
Tagged advice, Business, de-risking, digital, digital advice, Employment, Financial services, Government, Human Resources, Insurance, Martin Lewis, Paul Lewis, pension, Ros Altmann
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What payroll can do to keep away the loan sharks.
We all know the sharks that swim in financial waters preying on the weakest and driving them and their families into deeper debt with all the social and health problems that “deep debt” brings. And I’m sure that if it … Continue reading
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Posted in Debt, investment, ISA, Management, Martin Lewis, Payroll, pension playpen
Tagged Business, Ceridian, CIPP, dc pensions, debt, Employment, Financial services, Loan-shark, Martin Lewis, MSE, National Employment Savings Trust, Payroll, pension, Retirement, Saving, Savings, Steve Webb
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Making a buyer’s market for pensions
Organisations such as Which have always charged a subscription for their research. Those prepared to pay a regular monthly amount built libraries of reports which help us purchase everything from groceries to credit cards. Which put its readers in control- … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, alvin hall, Martin Lewis, pensions
Tagged Business, Buyers, corporate risk, dc pensions, Financial services, Government, Life annuity, Martin Lewis, MSE, National Employment Savings Trust, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, social media, Steve Webb, Which, workplace Pensions
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It’s a phoney war- what’s happening on the other side of the Channel?
I am still surprised how people are organising themselves to do their jobs. You’d have thought that the accountants and book-keepers who provide financial stability, get people paid and manage the tax affairs of Britain’s 1.25m employers would be the … Continue reading
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Putting financial bloggers in their place
Yesterday was interesting. I was shortlisted for Pensions Personality of the year – thanks to all who voted Pension Play Pen was shortlisted for technology solutions provider of the year – please vote here Another media awards event , the ABI … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, Blogging, journalism, Martin Lewis
Tagged ABI, Actuarial science, annuity, blogging, Business, Business and Economy, de-risking, Financial services, Government, journalism, NAPF, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
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Paying as you earn; the best way to save
Monday will see the start of the benefits changes that will climax in the full introduction of the Universal Credit in a year’s time. This is not an article about these changes. But it takes it kicks off from a brilliant … Continue reading
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Posted in Change, dc pensions, Financial Education, Martin Lewis, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, St Paul's, Trades Union Congress, wonga
Tagged Citizens Advice Bureau, Council Tax, Department for Communities and Local Government, Direct debit, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Payroll, Tax, Universal Credit
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Primavera for the pension playpen
This site will not be for pension people, it will be for people interested in pensions Continue reading
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The growing epidemic of stats misuse
Hilary Salt is founder of First Actuarial plc. She is currently the Actuarial Post’s Actuary of the Year. Late in 2011 she was asked to contribute a piece to the Independent’s Battle of the Ideas. This is what she wrote . Twenty years ago, … Continue reading
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Posted in actuaries, Martin Lewis, Music, pensions, Trades Union Congress, Treasury
Tagged Harvard University, Journalist, Math, Nate Silver, New Zealand, SpongeBob SquarePants, Statistics, United States
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The RDR has scotch’d the snake not killed it!
the FSA has “scotched the snake not killed it”. Continue reading
