Category Archives: pensions

From resignation to action: rethinking how we talk about retirement

Coffee Morning – What’s the point of Retirement Living Standards?! CPD included You are cordially invited to attend our next online Coffee Morning on Tuesday 16th June, a conversation with Chloe Taylor CEO of Quietroom When the BBC covered the updated … Continue reading

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I’m going to be buying an awful lot of SpaceX (I wish my pension wouldn’t).

This is beyond my intellectual capacity but I expect I have readers who will find it interesting But I know the writers and they are kind enough to presume I understand them! I also know Toby Nangle, he is so … Continue reading

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The PPF will be a better place for those pensioners who’ve had no increases for 30 years

Turner and Newall was a very conspicuous success and a hugely costly failure It was a manufacturing business based in Manchester, United Kingdom. At its peak, it was a constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies on the London Stock Exchange. As part … Continue reading

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Incisive is Professional with Pensions; “Leave aside cynicism and get on with making CDC work”

Thanks to Professional Pensions for the balance of journalism. Over the past six months of 2026 I have seen support from Incisive Media for progressive ideas on pensions and in particular its recent work giving a voice to those of … Continue reading

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The PAGA “Rabble” meet to progress collective pensions

PAGA is a group of pension professionals who set out the case for growth needed for pensions to pay what people need to live on in later life. It has through many meetings looked at the economics of running a … Continue reading

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Damian, most of us need help to get a decent wage in retirement!

Last Sunday lunchtime I sat in front of a group of 100 delegates at a fringe meeting of a union conference. We talked about them wanting their pensions back, of how they and their children could get paid a wage … Continue reading

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Jon Stapleton – you’re asking “how can we merge our pension pots , without help on VFM”?

It’s not often that we get the opinion of my friend Jon Stapleton. He is a chair, a host and he edits other people’s views but rarely do we see him speaking for himself. When he does, I always sit … Continue reading

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DB Surpluses could and should make pensions fairer for the young

We talk about pension gaps; gaps between men and women, gaps between public and private sector pensions, but we are careful not to offend employers who have relics of defined benefit (an enormous burden) pensions and ongoing workplace pensions ( … Continue reading

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Will fund managers win – if assets move in bulk to CDC?

It’s been puzzling me recently. In a recent web call, BlackRock were bullish about the market reckoning it likely a third of DC assets would move to CDC (with evidence from Europe that it could be more). It seems that … Continue reading

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There will be no compensation for WASPI women.

Steve Webb has had to watch the WASPI saga play out , first as a minister and now as a commentator. For many women, the decision not to go back on the change to their pension age has left them … Continue reading

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