Category Archives: Pensions Regulator

Towards a new pension funding code

Posted on May 13, 2019 by

  On Thursday, David Fairs, head of policy at the Pensions Regulator delivered a keynote speech to 200 or so delegates at the First Actuarial client conference. He did so a couple of hours after publishing a blog which has … Continue reading →

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CDC – a silver wage not a silver bullet

Posted on April 3, 2019 by

  Yesterday Ros (Baroness) Altmann hosted a webinar on retirement income which prompted some interesting follow up on social media. Here’s Mark Ormston of Retirement Line. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Ros Altmann on the ‘future of retirement income’ masterclass … Continue reading →

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“They’ve got Charles Counsell – he’s one of their own”

Posted on December 19, 2018 by

  As a kid I always preferred home-grown, beat the expensive imported stuff.  So it seems does the Pensions Regulator – who’ve eschewed the great and the good and gone for one of their own. Those of us who have … Continue reading →

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A “pension free” press?

Posted on November 20, 2018 by

I’m not surprised by news that the PPF has referred the pre-pack of Johnston Press to the Pensions Regulator. While reassuring members that such a referral doesn’t impact their rights to be in the lifeboat, PPF are asking whether the … Continue reading →

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The human cost of marking our pensions to the market

Posted on October 1, 2018 by

  The debate at the CSFI mid week between Norma Cohen and John Ralfe on one side and Jon Spain and Dennis Leech on the other – seems to have focussed on the economics of pensions. I’d like to widen … Continue reading →

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Shaking up pensions with Quietroom

Posted on September 19, 2018 by

Early this morning , I’ll be up the Farringdon Road with Quietroom, shaking up pensions. I’ve just looked at the agenda If we want to get folks fired up about pensions, we need to start doing things differently. That’s the … Continue reading →

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“Making workplace pensions work” – the Pension Regulator’s new approach

Posted on September 18, 2018 by

I’ve been on the Pensions Regulator’s stakeholder panel a couple of years and this gets me a ticket to their Annual Conference. I haven’t bought the new vision in previous years, but yesterday’s event, held in County Hall, pushed the … Continue reading →

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“Smiling at delinquents”; how we prevail over fund ignorance and indolence

Posted on August 22, 2018 by

I had one of those moments just now, when a whole load of things came together and I saw the wood for the trees. My Eureka moment? I was reading an FCA document , the Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products … Continue reading →

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What do we do with pension good news?

Posted on August 12, 2018 by

. Despite taking on pension schemes from employers including Carillion, Toys R Us and Hoover, with deficits totalling £1.2 billion – the highest total value to date, the PPF’s funding position has strengthened. The PPF has reported a continued growth … Continue reading →

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Don’t panic about Carillion’s pensions.

Posted on January 15, 2018 by

The fate of Carillion as a company is in the balance. Up to 20,000 jobs are at risk. Bond and equity holders are likely to lose substantial sums. Carillion driven projects are likely to suffer and 28,000 members of Carillion … Continue reading →

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