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BRITAIN’S BIGGEST TABOOS: 20 MILLION PEOPLE STRESSED ABOUT FINANCES, YET TALKING ABOUT MONEY REMAINS OFF LIMITS
I don’t normally do press releases on here, I will make an exception here. People are embarrassed about money – when it’s their money they are talking about. The taboos about debt, wealth and financial planning are real and we need … Continue reading
Posted in pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, welfare, with-profits
Tagged Business, debt, Employment, Financial services, Investing, Investment, L&G, Legal & General, pension, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, taboos
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“To meet the needs of those in the middle” – what pension consultancy should be about!
The Advert On Tuesday I am sitting on a panel with good friends; Otto Thoresen, author of the Thoresen report; Mathew Arends, Partner at Aon Hewitt, Duncan Buchanan president of the Society of Pension Consultants. The session will be chaired … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, defined ambition, drawdown, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged annuity, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement
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When losing seems like winning- the last post from #thePitch14
We didn’t win but it felt like winning and how it feels to be Rebecca Coates of Properteco (the overall winner) , I’d like to know! It’s a gruelling 12 hour day and if it involves a trip down … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, the pitch
Tagged #thepitch14, Business, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, Government, pension, pension playpen, pensions, Pitch, Retirement, the Pitch
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Wish us luck as we Pitch to be Britain’s top micro-employer!
Today’s the day we pitch to be Britain’s top micro-enployer at the Paintworks in Bristol. We are one of 30 employers left in the competition, one of 20 actively trading- we have a 5% chance of winning! But that … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, corporate governance, dc pensions, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged #Pitch14, accountants, auto enrolment, Business, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, pension playpen, pensions, Pitch 14, Retirement, Sift, Steve Webb, the Pitch
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Double vision – a startling new blog from Ralph Frank
The latest Command Paper, ‘Better workplace pensions: Putting savers’ interests first’, has recently been published. This Command Paper follows prior consultations by the Department for Work and Pensions (“DWP”) on charges, transparency and quality standards in workplace defined contribution pension … Continue reading
Citizen’s Advice- the place to get pension guidance
George Osborne has announced the Citizen Advice Bureau as the delivery mechanism for face to face guidance over the new pension reforms. The Treasury announcement is here. This doesn’t come as a surprise – CAB had been after the work and … Continue reading
Using your pension as a bank account.
Those “waking up to money” or to headlines in selected media (ahem!) will be gasping over their croissants at the headline. Is this a further raft of legislation ? You’ll be pleased to hear it isn’t! It is in fact … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, advice gap, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, NEST, pensions, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Bank account, Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial Services Authority, Osborne, parliament, Payroll, pension, Pension Bill, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pension.Bank, Pensioner Payroll
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The Pension Industry cannot serve two masters
Pensions are at a crossroads. For 30 years they have been travelling in the direction of the financial services and we could continue that direction of travel. We could turn left and go Dutch or turn right and adopt the American … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, dc pensions, NEST, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Auden, CDC, Denmark, Dutch, Founder, governance, IGC, pensions, regulation, Regulator, trustee, US, Watershed
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Any questions on the Guidance Guarantee?
This blog is about a conversation I had with the Pension Advisory Service. Following it I promised to feed back questions to TPAS about the Guidance Guarantee. The blog contains questions I want asking , some background on TPAS and … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Guidance, happiness, Retirement
Tagged Business, Drawdown, Financial services, Guidance, Guidance Guarantee, long term care, Longevity, Michelle Crackneell, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Risk, Tax, TPAS
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Tiny steps towards better DC outcomes- #CASummit14
Having spent 36 hours in the company of Life Co “strategists” and their counterparts in the IFA and EBC communities, I can now try and make sense of where “heads are at”. The mood has changed. Two years ago, the … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, CDC, corporate governance, dc pensions, Employment, FCA, governance, IGC, Insurance, Insurer, National Employment Savings Trust, Pension new, pension playpen, Provider, Retirement, Tiny steps, workplace pension
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