Category Archives: NEST
Where will Nest’s £1.5bn private investment go?
Nest wants to invest £1,500,000,000 into private markets, meaning just under 10% of our money will not be invested in public stock exchanges or debt markets but in companies that raise money other ways. Actually £1.5bn is not a lot … Continue reading
Michael Johnson challenges the Nest Sidecar (Jars) project
The Nest Sidecar project (now renamed “Jars”) has been sponsored by a number of leading financial services companies and some major employers (including Timpsons and BT). This blog is an open letter to the Nest management from Michael Johnson, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Helen Dean, Jars, Michael Johnson, NEST, pension, Pensions, Sidecar
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Sidecar in a siding.
On 5th July 2017, Nest Insight introduced some savings enthusiasts to the concept of sidecar savings. I wrote about it enthusiastically. The idea was that Nest would trial this idea and then introduce it. Simple. Well maybe not quite so … Continue reading
Why I’m changing my mind about NEST
Nest nudge pension freedoms to one side https://t.co/QTwvZDVnKt via @henryhtapper – we don’t have a NEST equivalent in Australia – and it’s starting to look like a significant oversight in the evolution of our #superannuation system. @NESTInsight — Jeremy Cooper … Continue reading
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Tagged Impact, ISG, Jeremy Cooper, NEST, pensions, small pots, workplace Pensions
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Nest nudge pension freedoms to one side
Are you saving into NEST? Around 8 million Brits are and I’m currently one of them. I was looking at what AgeWage signed me up to and found out some surprising things Firstly I am soon to turn 60 and … Continue reading
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Tagged Drawdown, NEST, nest guided retirement fund, pensions
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NEST, technology and personalisation
I really admire this Rowlands chap. I’ve know him for the best part of 30 years and in all that time he has never been anything but a gent. He’s now a Director at NEST and I urge you to … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, dc pensions, DWP, FCA, Financial Education, NEST, pensions
Tagged Engagement, Mark Rowlands, NEST, pension, pensions, Technology
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NEST’s Sidecar Savings Project
The low-paid in this country are not well served by pensions. So NEST Insight’s Sidecar Initiative should be welcome. In November it launched its sidecar savings trial and announced which organisations will take part in the research. Whether those the … Continue reading
Investment for beginners?
Perhaps because I’m paying him to, my 20 year old is paying some attention to where his pension is being invested. I say “is”, but our first contribution to his workplace pension is awaiting his opt-in. Meanwhile he’s asking – … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, advice gap, NEST, pensions
Tagged Fund, Mark Fawcett, NEST, pensions
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NEST needs you!
Interested in influencing how NEST works for members? News reaches me that the NEST Member Panel is recruiting and looking for hard working, conscientious , pension loving folk like us. You can apply for this position online up to and … Continue reading