Category Archives: OECD

What’s in store for UK pensions in 2012?

Posted on December 19, 2011 by henry tapper

Artificially depressed interest rates drive up DB deficits and depress annuities but the pressure on life companies and pension schemes to adopt Solvency II recedes as the UK distances itself from Brussels. The price of the settlement on public sector pensions is … Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, corporate governance, dc pensions, EU Solvency II, NEST, OECD | Tagged Brussels, DC Comics, Hedge fund, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Protection Fund, Solvency II, Steve Webb | 7 Comments

Fair pensions at work.

Posted on November 20, 2011 by henry tapper

How bosses decide to be paid is not just up to them. The shareholders, those lending money to the company and – not least – the rest of the workforce have a keen interest in making sure the company’s profits … Continue reading →

Posted in corporate governance, dc pensions, Occupy London, OECD, pension playpen, Retirement | Tagged Business, Chief executive officer, corporate governance, Employment, Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Remco | 1 Comment

Sacred cows at the abattoir

Posted on November 19, 2011 by henry tapper

In her 45 minute talk, Debora led us to an abattoir of sacred cows where we saw strung up on meat hooks our most cherished hopes. Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, Fiduciary Management, NEST, OECD, pension playpen, Retirement | Tagged Assisted Living, Basil D'Oliveira, Business, Debora, Debora Price, Equity release, Government, Health, long term care, Nicola Horlick, Nursing home, pension, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Self-sufficiency, Senior Health, United States | 2 Comments

NEST LIVE “Their hands in our pockets”

Posted on October 12, 2011 by henry tapper

With this phrase Tim Jones, NEST’s CEO and presiding genius thanked his six principal suppliers for funding the drinks reception that concluded proceedings at NEST’s big bash. Freudian slip, deliberate tease or simply a slip of the tongue it initiated … Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, Martin Lewis, NEST, OECD, pension playpen, twitter | Tagged Adair Turner Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, annuity, corporate governance, corporate risk, customer service, dc pensions, Employment, Harley Davidson, IPad, Martin Lewis, moneysavingexpert, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, OECD, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Sodexo, Steve Webb, twitter | 7 Comments

Le Pension Crisis est Arrivé

Posted on October 8, 2011 by henry tapper

Image via Wikipedia PWC report today that the value of DC pension pots has fallen by 30% in the last three years. This Telegraph article gives the grim details. This is not a paper loss which can be reversed if markets recover, … Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Fiduciary Management, NEST, OECD, pension playpen, Retirement | Tagged annuity, Bank of England, Channel 4, corporate governance, corporate risk, customer service, Cyberbury, dc pensions, de-risking, England, Fiduciary Management, Financial Assistance Scheme, John Hutton, moneysavingexpert, NEST, OECD, pension, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, Public Sector Pensions, PWC, Quantitative easing, Retirement, RSA, Steve Webb | 7 Comments

PPF II -opening the door for a better DC

Posted on September 30, 2011 by henry tapper

We are where we are – the social contract has been decided… not compulsion but impulsion; impulsion into a DC pensions model that relies on the markets to deliver a second tier of pensions. Our retirements will be funded from employer and employee contributions over a … Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, corporate governance, Liability Driven Investment, NEST, OECD, pension playpen, twitter | Tagged annuity, Anti-submarine warfare, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, Financial services, Insurance, Interest rate, Japan, Liability Driven Investment, Life annuity, Market failure, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, OECD, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, Public Sector Pensions, Robin Ellison, Steve Webb, twitter | 6 Comments

“Our weapon is the camera”

Posted on September 27, 2011 by henry tapper

Perhaps the measure of political control in Libya is calibrated by fear.
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Posted in Facebook, Libya, Middle East, OECD, social media, Syria, twitter | Tagged Assad, Bashar al-Assad, BBC, Cyberbury, Facebook, Government, Libya, Middle East, OECD, policing, social media, Society, Syria, twitter, United Nations, William Hague | Leave a comment

The man from OECD says “guess”

Posted on September 8, 2011 by henry tapper

It’s a sobering time for those involved in pensions policy and for those who are trying to advise companies and people in how to organises their finances to meet their retirement income needs. One thing people don’t want to do is guess. They … Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, corporate governance, dc pensions, Liability Driven Investment, NEST, OECD, Retirement | Tagged annuity, Australia, Chile, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined contribution plan, France, Germany, Liability Driven Investment, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, pension, Pension new, Pensions, Persnal Accounts, Politics, Retirement, Stock market index, United States | 8 Comments

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