Category Archives: Personality

A great way to deliver the Guidance Guarantee (for the right employer)

Posted on May 19, 2014 by henry tapper

Josh Collins In recent weeks, I’ve been taking the temperature of the pension trustees of large employers and found that enthusiasm for providing guidance to employees at retirement is limited. This is understandable. Do trustees want to become surrogate … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap, Blogging, dc pensions, pensions, Personality, workplace pensions | Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, DWP, GMB, Guidance, Guidance Framework, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Retirement, unions | Leave a comment

Target Pension Plans

Posted on May 7, 2014 by henry tapper

This is a briefing to employers and politicians from the Friends of CDC. Target Pension Plans are a new type of pension plan for the UK. Also known as Collective DC plans, they work on a pooled basis, where members … Continue reading →

Posted in actuaries, advice gap, auto-enrolment, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, defined aspiration, Personality | Tagged Business, CDC, Cllective, Collective DC, David Pitt-Watson, dc, DWP, Employment, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions | 6 Comments

Polly Toynbee’s Pension Rocket

Posted on January 26, 2014 by henry tapper

A brilliant article quoted in full Continue reading →

Posted in pensions, Personality | Tagged auto-enrolement, Blue Sky Pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb | Leave a comment

Who’ll blow the whistle on the annuity fiasco?

Posted on August 16, 2013 by henry tapper

Ros Altmann has got a lot of stick from pension folk for feeding the bad news on annuity rates to the Daily Mail, resulting in this front page. Continue reading →

Posted in actuaries, advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, pensions, Personality, Popcorn Pensions, Public sector pensions, Retirement | 16 Comments

Small is beautiful – a good news story from Investment Solutions

Posted on August 15, 2013 by henry tapper

Have a look at the Investment Solutions website or http://www.firstactuarial.co.uk or http://www.pensionplaypen.com – you’ll see a common thread- SMALL BUT BEAUTIFUL. Continue reading →

Posted in investment, pensions, Personality, Popcorn Pensions, Treasury | Tagged asset maangement, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, first actuarial, Investment Solutions, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement, Society | 2 Comments

Time to pull together on Pension Liberation Fraud

Posted on July 18, 2013 by henry tapper

The gravity of the situation is reflected by the schemes that the Regulator are now looking at. One scheme alone is though to have “liberated” between £130 and £150m , a good proportion of which is lost for ever as the … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap, pension playpen, pensions, Personality | Tagged Business, Employment, Financial services, liberation, pension, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, TPR | 1 Comment

Let’s give pensions leaders the chance to lead

Posted on June 27, 2013 by henry tapper

I asked him whether he thought the Dutch pension system superior to the UK’s and he laughed “of course it is, it delivers better outcomes”. Continue reading →