Category Archives: Payroll
It’s not a capacity crunch it’s a traffic jam
the nature of the problem changes but the scale of the problem remains the same Continue reading
Replacing the financial salesman in the workplace.
Auto-enrolment killed this kind of adviser as video killed the radio star. Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, Payroll, pensions
Tagged Consultant, Employment, finance, Financial adviser, Financial services, GPP, Insurance, pension
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A momentous day for restoring confidence in UK pensions
We cannot have confidence in a system where member’s pensions can be impacted by as much as 30% though advisory arbitrage. Continue reading
A method to chose your workplace pension scheme.
I’d value your feedback on a scoring system we are developing which aims to provide employers with a method of rating one pension proposition against another. We want it used by employers looking to establish a new workplace scheme, and those who … Continue reading
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
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
Lord make AE simple – but not yet!
The title refers to Augustine’s prayer “lord make me chaste, but not yet”. It came to mind as I read concern from “industry spokespeople” over the DWP’s announcement to simplify the Auto-Enrolment regulations in time for the staging of the … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Payroll, pensions, Retirement
Tagged DWP, Employment, first actuarial, Marks & Spencer, Payroll, Steve Webb, Taylor Wessing, Thomas Aquinas
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People get ready!
If “wave one” so far looks a success, what about waves 2 and 3 and what can the employers preparing to stage in late 2013 and onwards learn? Continue reading
NEST Insight; what the 11m+ “unpensioned” think.
NEST has produced a chunky report that “takes the temperature of automatic enrolment”. This promises to be the first of a series and as the first has five years of accumulated insights to lay before us. I thoroughly recommend it … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, corporate governance, customer service, David Pitt-Watson, First Actuarial, leadership, Liberal Democrats, napf, NEST, Payroll, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged Cassandra, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Steve Webb, Tim Jones
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Call out the instigators
The Office of Fair Trading has decided to get stuck into workplace pensions. Pension people fight grimly on like townspeople uner siege in the 100 years war. The OFT is the invincible siege engine wheeled to the gates. In August this year, the OFT … Continue reading