Category Archives: Popcorn Pensions
12/12/19 #OKboomer v #snowflakegeneration
The most coherent research I have seen coming out of the voting patterns of last Thursday is this. While support for Liberals is consistent over ages, the vote for the binary propositions of conservative and labour governments is highly dependent … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, leadership, pensions, Politics, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged #okboomer, #snowflake, #snowflakegeneration, boomer, millennial, pension, 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
Posted in dc pensions, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Popcorn Pensions
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Ways of staying financially strong in later life
I normally write about money, particularly about saving for retirement. Over the last couple of evenings, I’ve been lucky enough to attend two excellent discussions, not about saving, but about creating an infrastructure around you in later years that makes those … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, economics, pensions, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged Brian Bayliss, CSFI, ILC, L&G, Les Mayhew
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A lot not happening! PLSA update
As the PLSA conference winds down and attendees return home, they will be left wondering what hasn’t happened. A lot of debate didn’t happen because those most wanting to debate were not at the Conference. Thankfullly we had expert … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Politics, Popcorn Pensions, Retirement
Tagged consolidation, jo cumbo, Opperman, pensions, PLSA
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Let these politicians do some work!
We have had so many referendums and elections and leadership battles and cabinet reshuffles over the past two years, that politicians may have forgotten they are here to govern the country. We elect 650 people every five years to do … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Politics, Popcorn Pensions, Public sector pensions, Retirement
Tagged Conservatives, contracted in, Labour, Liberal, pensions, Politics, WASPI
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Are bonds “suitable” assets to meet the promises of a pension plan?
Pension funds are struggling to find suitable assets in which to invest, says Pat Race of KPMG in an article in FTfm. The headline of the article is that “North American Pension Funds grow assets faster than their … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged Accrual, Bonds, equities, IRR, John Ralfe, LDI, pensions
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Snap elections – people – and policy! #GE17
Snapping people The cost of a snap general election will be highest for the politicians, their advisers and their families who lose their livelihoods on June 8th. It is tough on MPs, especially those who joined since the 5 year term … Continue reading
If I ran a master trust…
Not all of us run a master trust, though you might think it was Britain’s boom industry from the amount of press “master trust proliferation” has got. This blog is here for those who do, and for those who advise … Continue reading
“A bit of a balls up- to be frank!”
If you turn left out of the back of the Treasury and walk down to Caxton Street you’ll find the offices of the DWP. If you turn right out of Caxton Street, you’ll come to the Treasury, it’s a five minute … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Popcorn Pensions, Ros Altmann, social media
Tagged Business, Caxton House, communication, DWP, FCA, Google, HM Treasury, pensions, social media, Street Maps, Treasury, YouTube
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