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Better hid.
The trustees of NEST have been faced with a dilemma and it’s clear they have considered it and taken decisive inaction. This blog sets out to explain and justify why the Trustees of our National Employers Savings Trust have chosen … Continue reading
A capacity crunch?
The prospect of debating whether we get a capacity crunch in Auto-enrolment drew a capacity-crunching crowd to Wragge & Co.’s offices yesterday afternoon. Under the convenance of heroically quiffed Andy Agethangelou, some 50 of us attended a symposium on the current state … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, customer service, dc pensions, NEST, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, Capacity crunch, CIPP, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Politics, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Society, Standard Life, Steve Webb, twitter, United States
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Too big to worry about – what’s should we do about State Street?
I wrote yesterday about State Street’s £22.9m fine from the FCA for stealing $20.2m from 6 large clients. Whether this was all the money stolen or whether these were the clients who they found out about is not mentioned. We’ll … Continue reading
Posted in NEST
Tagged Business, dc pensions, Employment, Government, Insurance, NEST, pension, Scottish Widows, SSgam, State Street
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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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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
Posted in investment, leadership, London, NEST, pensions
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You want a workplace pension for your staff? – delighted to help!
Mrs HR Dee Smallco Ltd. Sunny Uplands GB Dear Mrs Dee, Thanks for your enquiry. I can see you are sold on the idea of offering a workplace pension for your staff. You know you have to anyway, but I … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, Liability Driven Investment, mallowstreet, Management, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, workplace pensions
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Clarence, Employment, Financial services, Government, Investment, Investment management, Life annuity, NEST, pension, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, Playpen, Retirement
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The politics of pensions – how the landscape has changed since 2010.
Let us hope that the head of steam that has been built up since 2010 can be maintained.
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NEST “admits” to 99% of cash going to the default fund
Thanks to Andy Dickson for drawing my intention to this article in FT Adviser National Employment Savings Trust, the government-backed auto-enrolment scheme provider, has revealed that 99 per cent of the 300,000 people that have so far begun making contributions … Continue reading
Posted in NEST, pensions
Tagged Business, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, Retirement, Steve Webb
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NEST’s ambitious business plan looks doomed
Perhaps the restriction on providing supporting software to enable online on boarding and aE compliance is the one that is most needed of all, Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, NEST
Tagged Business, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, London, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty
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No smugness – NEST’s British
Ultimately, if NEST fails, auto-enrolment fails and if AE fails we have lost, for a generation, the opportunity to genuinely reform Britain’s long-term savings behaviour Continue reading
Posted in NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Personal Accounts
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