Category Archives: pension playpen
The true cost of pensions; UK vs Netherlands – guest blog from Emma Craig of KAS Bank
Yesterday the Financial Services Consumer Panel released a paper outlining key issues for long term savers created by opacity in the true cost of investing in pensions. As auto-enrolment of workers into (predominantly) Defined Contribution pensions continues apace the … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, drawdown, DWP, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Education, First Actuarial, pension playpen
Tagged Business, chris sier, Cost, emma craig, Financial services, KAS, KAS Bank, pension, true
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Cass calls on fund managers to be paid on results.
Dr Nick Motson of Cass Business School has issued another broadside at the funds industry who have been dilatory at best in responding to consumer pressure to better align its fees to the value it brings to consumers. … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged advice, Business, charges, costs, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, Fees, fund management, Funds, IMA, Insurance, Justin, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, Transaction costs
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Does Generation X really trust the Internet?
I laugh at my Mum who goes to Shaftesbury library to find out what to do. She’s 84 and you’d have thought she’d have learned how to use an iphone by now. I mean my 17 year old kid … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Martin Lewis, pension playpen
Tagged advice, Business, de-risking, digital, digital advice, Employment, Financial services, Government, Human Resources, Insurance, Martin Lewis, Paul Lewis, pension, Ros Altmann
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There’s no silver bullet, to beat the DC blues!
There is no silver bullet The way that investment consultants talk about DC, you’d still think there is some silver bullet waiting to be loaded into the gun, to shoot away the DC blues. The DC blues cannot be cured … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, dc pensions, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged DC Blues, john hurt, pension, pensions, silver bullet, workplace pension
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The fine line between “patronising” and “paternal”.
Last week Tom Mcphail (Hargreaves Lansdown) had a go at Teresa Fritz (financial Services Consumer Council and MAS) about the need for advice. You’d expect the two to clash, FSCS and MAS are not much loved by advisers who see it as an incompetent … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged advice, Business, CDC, corporate governance, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, first actuarial, Hargreaves Lansdown, National Employment Savings Trust, nutmeg, pension, Pension new, Pension Play Pen, pension playpen, Retirement, Teresa Fritz, Tom McPhail
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Is there a place for digital advice in pensions?
I spoke yesterday at the Pershing Conference in Westminster. My pal David Calfo who is managing many of the seismic changes at the University Superanuaition Scheme spoke with me and the session was chaired by Pershing’s Gerard Wellesley. It … Continue reading
Posted in Accelerator, annuity, pension playpen
Tagged advice, Business, dc pensions, digital, Employment, Financial services, Government, nutmeg, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb
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BRITAIN’S BIGGEST TABOOS: 20 MILLION PEOPLE STRESSED ABOUT FINANCES, YET TALKING ABOUT MONEY REMAINS OFF LIMITS
I don’t normally do press releases on here, I will make an exception here. People are embarrassed about money – when it’s their money they are talking about. The taboos about debt, wealth and financial planning are real and we need … Continue reading
Posted in pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, welfare, with-profits
Tagged Business, debt, Employment, Financial services, Investing, Investment, L&G, Legal & General, pension, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, taboos
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“Living longer? -Epic. Needing to pay for it? -Challenging”. Vivi Friedgut on long-term saving.
Have fun when you’re young, enjoy yourself, you only live once and the future will take care of yourself. Ever been given that advice? Nice sound-bites but only really applicable to those fortunate enough to have a large financial safety … Continue reading
Pensions for start-ups – you having a laugh?
Well “no” actually! This article sets out to explain why even the youngest of companies should be planning for pensions. Pension planning isn’t top of the list for entrepreneurs, most hope their business will become their pension. But there are good … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, advice gap, auto-enrolment, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Start ups
Tagged auto enrolment, auto-enrolment.DWP.Paul Johnson, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, dc pensions, Employment, entrepreneurs, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, pensions, Retirement, start-ups
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