Category Archives: pension playpen
Why I will accept your Linked In invitation!
I came across this article on Linked In from a guy called Michael O’Donnell. It had the title “why I won’t accept your linked in invitation” which is odd, because the guy clearly will accept most people who reach … Continue reading
Posted in Linkedin, mallowstreet, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Blog, endorsement, like, Linked in, share, social media, twitter
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It’s not just pension taxation that’s changing- products are!
Pension PlayPen’s Submission to the Parliamentary Committee reading the Pension Schemes Bill Continue reading
Citizen’s Advice- the place to get pension guidance
George Osborne has announced the Citizen Advice Bureau as the delivery mechanism for face to face guidance over the new pension reforms. The Treasury announcement is here. This doesn’t come as a surprise – CAB had been after the work and … Continue reading
“Hope I die before I get old..?”
The quote’s from Pete Townsend and the Who’s “my generation”. It’s a brutal version of the Beatles’ “when I’m 64” but both songs are driven by the fear of getting old “will you still need, me, will you still … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, CDC, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Popcorn Pensions, Public sector pensions
Tagged Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Financial services, George Osbourne, Government, Housing, Old age, Pension Reforms, Reforms, Retirement, the Beatles, The Who
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The pensions industry is far from ready for 2015.
There has been an assumption that through Guidance, Advice and revitalised Product, Britain’s lucky retirees drawing benefits from 2015 will take advantage of the new pension freedoms and things will be alright. The sharp of sight will have noticed a … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Bankers, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Banks, guarantees, Guidance
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The great pension bank robbery
I give 2 ½ cheers George’s pension package, the “½” being for the complex misrepresented “death-tax” changes which are regressive, complicated and could easily have been dealt with using inheritance tax legislation already in place. I give no cheers … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, NEST, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Bank, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, George Osborne, Government, Guidance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, robbery, spin
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Young People and Pensions
This is a blog by Vivi Friedgut of @blackbullion; she is also responsible for the picture and its contents! Pensions don’t make for the most thrilling conversations. Like verrucas, funerals or the dream you had last night, talking about … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, corporate governance, dc pensions, NEST, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Blackbullion, Business, dc pensions, England, Human Resources, Pension Poverty, pensions, recession, Saving, unemployment, Vivi, Young People
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Promoting a sharing society
I am struck by the power of sharing. The Friends of auto-enrolment has no money, no official sponsor (though the CIPP are doing a great job of standing behind us) and nothing more than a name with which to make … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged charge, Collective DC, pensions, social media
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Do you want to be a Pension PlayPen Agent?
If you fancy helping your clients to get the right workplace pension to suit their payroll and provide best outcomes for their staff, you should register as an agent at http://www.pensionplaypen.com/register . Helping your clients to use our service doesn’t … Continue reading
In defence of genius.
Genius is not just misunderstood – it is persecuted. Those who didn’t get Copernicus, Galileo, Wordsworth or Darwin did not ignore these genius’, they set out to do them in. Bob Dylan when he laid out his Highway 61 album … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, CDC, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Actuary, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, corporate governance, dc pensions, Derek Benstead, DWP, Financial services, GAD, Genius, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pensions Minister, Retirement, Steve Webb, Steve Webb MP, twitter
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