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Category Archives: Pension Freedoms
#pensionsdashboardsummit – it could be feisty!
I’ll be off on a Boris Bike to Marble Arch in a moment to the Pension Dashboard Summit at the Arum Hotel. From the opening session , which pitches Chris Sier together with L&G supremo Chris Clarke, this looks … Continue reading
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Posted in age wage, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged #pensiondashboardsummit, API, CMA, Dashboard, DWP, pension, Pension Dashboard, pensions
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Here’s to pensioners enjoying their pensions!
I’m on the Flying Scotsman to York (the Yorkshireman). My carriage is full of pensioners (including me), people thanking their lucky stars they’ve got the chance to ride behind this famous loco and sit in a beautiful compartment. And the … Continue reading
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Posted in club pension, dc pensions, Henry Tapper blog, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Fun, Older People, pension playpen, pensioners, pensions
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What is CDC?
I’ve had a couple of calls recently for a simple explanation of what CDC is and why it could be useful in Britain today. CDC is an abbreviation for Collective Defined Contribution. A CDC scheme is created by contributions … Continue reading
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Posted in CDC, Pension Freedoms, pensions
Tagged adviser, annuity, Business, CDC, Drawdown, pensions, Royal Mail
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A shot in the arm for pension payroll?
I write a regular column for Reward Strategy, formerly Payroll World. This is the last column I wrote for Jerome Small, who has been editor for a few years but is leaving to go freelance. The people who pay us … Continue reading
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Posted in Payroll, Pension Freedoms, pensions
Tagged CDC, Payroll, pensioner, pensions, reward, Rewatd Strategy
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A pension settlement needs general agreement.
I spent most of this cold dark weekend putting together a submission to the FCA on what we know is happening to millions of pounds of money that has been disinvested from the British Steel Pension Scheme and reinvested through … Continue reading
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Posted in BSPS, Pension Freedoms, pensions, Royal Mail
Tagged BSPS, CWU, first actuarial, Royal Mail, USS
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Paying pensioners won’t get any easier
In pensions “freedom” is the buzzword. People can have what they want- how they want it and we all know what that means! It means that down the line there is potential for administrative chaos. Payroll depends on uniform rules, the … Continue reading
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Posted in Payroll, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged CIPP, de-risking, Drawdown, Payroll, pensions, Pie, reshaping
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A Pension Food Bank for the DC saver
Ok – so it’s not a big news week for pensions , but well done Jack Gilbert of Citywire’s New Model Adviser for getting a meet with Frank Field, and well reported on what I can only call a “welcome … Continue reading
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Posted in accountants, actuaries, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged new model adviser, Pension Freedoms, pensions, The Pensions Regulator
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How do we value our large DB plans?
Today’s Pension Play Pen lunch (at the Hydrant pub not the Counting House) will discuss how best we value our large DB plans. What do we mean by large DB plans? I guess there are a number of big … Continue reading
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Tagged Hydrant, Lunch, pension playpen, The Pensions Regulator
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The Sun rescues readers from Benpal bedlam!
We have JLT – Professional Pension’s “Administrator of the Year 2017” to thank for this headline. I can now reveal that the nonsense that inspired the Sun to question what was going on with the default investment fund … Continue reading
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Tagged bad language, Bedlam, Benpal, JLT, journalism, Language, pensions, Scottish Widows, Sun, Technology
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Don’t blame pensions for corporate mismanagement
The FT has come up with some excellent research on why pensions find their way into the Pension Protection Fund. It has discovered that a substantial proportion of the so-called “pension failures” over the past ten years, resulted from sale … Continue reading
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Posted in Pension Freedoms, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Bernard Matthews, Financial Times, ft, Insolvency, ppf, Pre-pack, Silentnight
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