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Nigel Wilson – “The UK has lots of money but the way it’s allocated is a waste”
Nigel Wilson is a mentor of many people looking for pensions to grow and show some entrepreneurial spirit, I like those who he works with too. There is not space here for the whole lunchtime conversation in the Times between … Continue reading
The Pensions Regulator consults for pensions – not on savings.
Thankfully, the Pensions Regulator has returned to pensions as the focus of what it regulates. Its consultation on its five year corporate plan is at time merely rhetoric but the opening gambit is something of an admission that the Regulator … Continue reading
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Tagged 5 year Corporate Plan, Consultation, Pensions, Regulate, Savings, TPR
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Opperman’s right, this country needs liberalism (from Starmer and Reeves)
There is something in the air and it smells rotten, it is the stench of extremism and its coming from Reform UK and the Green party. I am with Guy Opperman who has written something I agree with (indeed spoken … Continue reading
Lawyer Rosalind Connor on the Pensions Schemes Act 2026 – enervating
It’s here and not without a struggle in the Lords and elsewhere! This is the Parliamentary annoucement. The Pension PlayPen never likes to miss a chance to inform, discuss and sometimes dispute. Here is an opportunity! I have had my … Continue reading
How will pensions be affected by the local elections?
Local politics and LGPS I don’t think we have had time to think of the impact of new councils on old pensions but I’d expect this event to be interesting I won’t be going this year, my media pass has … Continue reading
What do people want – and not want – when it comes to pensions
This survey is important. Thx to Andrew Harrop of Public First-relevant as it’s the public who come first, timely as it comes before the first report of the Pension Commission. It shows that people do not want their … Continue reading
Dr. Lacy Hunt – A Fed-Driven Liquidity Event and Oil Shock
by Steve Blumenthal (Thanks Per Andelius) In his 1970 lecture, Milton Friedman advocated a “k-percent rule,” in which the money supply should grow at a fixed, predictable rate each year to allow for natural economic growth without inflation. Dr. Lacy … Continue reading
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Google DeepMind or Thames Water? Can you or your employer’s DC “workplace pension” take the risk?
Jo Cumbo is spot on here; I am sure that Jo is furious that pension mandation could leave some schemes the worse for doing what they had to do. She sees things through the eyes of employers and through those … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC pension, DC pension, DC pot, Deep Mind, jo cumbo, Thames Water
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More “experts” worried about DC’s capacity to invest as Government wants
The VFM podcast is again a discussion between the boys about legislation and in particular the comments of the Pensions Regulator on value for money delivered by DC savings plans that aren’t up to scale. Can being considered “VFM” give … Continue reading
Good outcomes for pension funds come from taking opportunities rather than just size
It is a headline picked up by the VFM podcast last Friday afternoon and it relates to a document produced by the Pensions Regulator to show that innovation is available to smaller schemes looking to compete with the “megafunds”. I … Continue reading
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