Category Archives: pension playpen
Is commission really dying?
There has been nothing that has so harmed the image of pensions over the past thirty years as the deception of commission. I don’t want to use phrases such as “lack of transparency” or words like “opacity” words like these … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged advisers, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, Commission, DWP, FCA, Freedoms, Human Resources, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, the deception
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Andy and Christy – a transatlantic romance
One of the reasons for speaking last week in New York was to see my friend Andy and his fiancee Christy together. They met in a nightclub and fell in love, Christy is a talented dress-designer and Andy is the … Continue reading
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Tagged 34th Street, Andy, Andy Walker, Business, Central Park, Christy, friend Andy, Hi-line, New York, pension playpen, pensions, Technical Officer
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The cost of auto-enrolment
Charlotte Clark – one of the architects of auto-enrolment and now head of private pensions in the DPW – is an economist. She is familiar with cost having worked in a corresponding position in the Treasury and it was … Continue reading
Two thirds of SMEs are pension virgins.
New research is out on the purchasing intentions of the remaining 1.2m employers who aren’t “in” to auto-enrolment. Of the SMEs surveyed who are yet to stage, two thirds (66%) don’t have any existing pension arrangements for their staff while … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, auto-enrolment, DWP, Payroll, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged accountants, advice, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, choice, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Guidance, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, The Pension Regulator, TPR
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The price of choice
It is becoming increasingly clear that the progress of the auto-enrolment project is balanced at the fulcrum. Until now attention has been focussed on the technical details surrounding the auto-enrolment process. But we are moving towards a new phase where … Continue reading
Help is on its way.
For Britain’s flummoxed pensioners- help is on its way! Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged annuity, auto enrolment, CDC, Drawdown, DWP, ITV, Katie Morley, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Revolution, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Scam, Tom McPhail
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The Auto-Enrolment Squeeze (and how to get through it)
You know that feeling when you get to the back of a motorway queue and you see traffic extending into the distance.? If you’re lucky you can see the problem ahead from the blue police lights and as you edge … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged accident, auto enrolment, car crash, payroll bureau, payroll software, pension, software, staging
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An alarming gap in pension regulation
In this world, the best lack all conviction, while the worst are filled with a passionate intensity Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, Business, corporate risk, DWP, employers, FCA, Financial services, Government, master trust, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Regulator, Retirement, Royal Assent, the Pensions Regualtor, Treasury, workplace Pensions
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Don’t underestimate SME’s hunger for investment know-how!
I am frustrated by the capitulation of many in the pension industry to the challenge faced by inducting 1.2m new employers into our funded pension culture. The Pension Apartheid practiced by the investment elite At a recent event, Joanne Segers, CEO … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Education, First Actuarial, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Aviva, democracy, Fidelity, Investment, L&G, NEST, NOW, Pensions Trust, People's Pension, Scottish Widows, Smarter Pensions, Standard Life, Zurich
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Will pension freedoms be the death of Defined Benefit?
I thought it was the last supper (or at least the last pension playpen lunch). We had twelve men around the table (no women) and there was sombre expectation as we considered the impact small changes in tax legislation … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, Con Keating, dc pensions, defined benefit, defined benefit pension, Defined Contribution, Freedoms, Government, last supper, pension, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, ppf, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, state pension, Steve Webb
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