Category Archives: steve webb

Club Quango at #WPL13

Posted on May 10, 2013 by henry tapper

Government needs quangos, the Civil Service most of all. But in a strange way, I am comforted by the various Pension Institutions that are Chaired by the ageing lotharios who I collectively name “Club Quango”. At Workplace Pensions Live yesterday we were treated to a … Continue reading →

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All we are saying – give DA a chance!

Posted on March 26, 2013 by henry tapper

“Possible easements for employers providing good pension schemes” Continue reading →

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Better-buying makes auto-enrolment work

Posted on March 25, 2013 by henry tapper

The promise of “Wealth at work” has disguised the paucity of the pension outcomes when work finishes. Continue reading →

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Seven things to know about the new state pension!

Posted on January 15, 2013 by henry tapper

        These charts have been kindly donated by Citywire and their New Model Adviser team (to whom we should be very grateful). Each one of them surprised me. I dedicate this little blog to one of my heroes, Barbara Castle. If we … Continue reading →

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Hats off to Steve Webb for our new pensions system!

Posted on January 15, 2013 by henry tapper

It’s good to see the publication of the DWP’s white paper Security in Retirement – towards a new pension system. It announces an initiative first promoted by Frank Field in the late 1990s but thought then “unthinkable”;. While I agree with … Continue reading →

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How was the Plowman’s vision? – 2012 #pensions predictions revisited

Posted on December 17, 2012 by henry tapper

Here were our pension predictions from a year ago (you can read the full blog from December 2011- here) Artificially depressed interest rates drive up DB deficits and depress annuities but the pressure on life companies and pension schemes to adopt … Continue reading →

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Is auto-enrolment working? – November Play Pen lunch

Posted on November 6, 2012 by henry tapper

On the day that Steve Webb declared victory (tentatively) for auto-enrolment, the Play Pen sat down for a pint and a pie in the Counting House and after a long and rigorous debate concluded that he might be right. The vote among … Continue reading →

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