Category Archives: Payroll
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
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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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Make or break day for the pensions charge cap
“cap or no cap”, don’t expect what Steve Webb says today to be the end of the story! Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, customer service, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Poverty, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Steve Webb
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Time to be clear on what’s a good workplace pension.
We are losing sight of what the charges consultation is about. It is about improving pension outcomes. Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, leadership, Payroll, pensions, Personal Accounts, stock lending
Tagged Business, charges, Consultation, costs, custody, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, novarca, pension
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“Turning the amber light green”; – creating a buzz around #auto-enrolment.
We should not minimise the impact of the employer duties, they are onerous and will be disruptive. But we must put them in the context of the greater good. Continue reading
Whatever happened to insurance?
If the man on the Clapham Omnibus was able to feel secure that he was insured against living too long, dying too soon or losing an income through sickness, mightn’t we have a simpler and more stable platform on which to build? Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Bankers, brand, leadership, Payroll, pensions, workplace pensions
Tagged Actuarial science, annuity, annuity purchase, Business, pension, Pension new, Retirement
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What really worries bosses about pensions.
Are you going to walk up the garden path to ACME insurance who is promising you the earth-or are you going to take a look next door as well? Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, Payroll, pension playpen
Tagged bosses, Business, dc pensions, employers, Financial services, Government
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August PlayPen lunch; – AE without advice?
The PlayPen lunch split 5/5 on the issue, advisers and lawyers reckoning that advice was not only a practical but also a regulatory “must have” before employers staged auto-enrolment. In a regulatory context the division was on whether Steve Webb … Continue reading
The Regulator offers employers help with selecting a workplace pension
I thoroughly recommend this document to any employer.
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged Business, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Society, Steve Webb
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Disposable knowledge that makes us expert for 15 minutes
In the meantime, if you really want to be my friend, come and join our linked in group – Pension Play Pen. Continue reading
What a charge cap would mean for insurers
the Embedded Value write offs if the cap comes in at 0.5% will be in the £bns Continue reading