Agreed JM. There is a philosophical gap over the respect of private property rights that fuels this, and more. I’ve…
Time to anticipate yet another raid on pension funds of the prudent. The magic bullet solutions just move the risk…
Time to anticipate yet another raid on pension funds of the prudent. The magic bullet solutions just move the risk…
Linking reform of the State Retirement Pension and the reform of subsidies for Care is just the usual political hocus-pocus.…
Category Archives: Pensions Regulator
“They’ve got Charles Counsell – he’s one of their own”
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
A “pension free” press?
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
Posted in pensions, Pensions Regulator, workplace pensions
Tagged free press, johnston press, pension free press, pensions
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The human cost of marking our pensions to the market
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
Posted in dc pensions, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Popcorn Pensions, workplace pensions
Tagged CDC, CSFI, DB, dc, John Ralfe, Mark to Market, Norma Cohen, pensions
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Shaking up pensions with Quietroom
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
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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Tagged AE, auto enrolment, FCA, Making workplace pensions work, pensions, TPR, Work
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“Smiling at delinquents”; how we prevail over fund ignorance and indolence
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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Tagged AgeWage, DWP, Eureka, FCA, Funds, MifidII, pensions, Priips, Transparency, VFM
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What do we do with pension good news?
. 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
Posted in pensions, Pensions Regulator, Politics
Tagged Andrew Young, Good news, Oliver Morley, pensions, ppf
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Don’t panic about Carillion’s pensions.
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
Posted in pensions, Pensions Regulator, Retirement
Tagged BHS, BSPS, Carillion, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, ppf
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Don’t let this be you.
This is a submission to Government from someone who fell victim to a pension scam. The questions from Government are emboldened, otherwise I have left the statement as it was sent to me. It has been circulated with he intent that … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions, Pensions Regulator, pot
Tagged IFA, Malta, Pension Wise, QROPS, Scam
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How small schemes can win (with no surrender)!
I’m listening to Bruce Springsteen – “no retreat, baby no surrender” A useful note about “the consolidation opportunity” sits in my inbox. It’s from Con Keating who had been studying the ONS data on how pension schemes invest their money. He … Continue reading
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Tagged CMA, Consultants, Index, pensions, PLSA, small schemes
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Hello Henry, Our insurers could do more for Britain etc Reference your sentences : '...For this means our pension funds…