-
-
Tags
Month
Post Types
Categories
Category Archives: Treasury
Two into one will go!
Steve Webb’s admission that we need a single regulator is a sign of his strength . It takes guts to admit you’ve been wrong for four and a half years! I’d come to the same conclusion myself reckoning;- That the geographic split between Brighton … Continue reading
A tale of two Cities
Have you ever turned up at a place and realised you shouldn’t be there – but stayed anyway just to see what it was like? That’s what happened to me yesterday. I went to an event about … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, Blogging, London, Treasury, welfare
Tagged Bankers, Banking, Boris Johnson, Business, City of London, Employment, England, Eversheds, London, Mark Boleat, Poverty, Will Hutton
1 Comment
Is this Master Trust Assurance Framework fit for purpose?
There is an important debate to be had on the regulation of master trusts. That debate is about how we prevent poor standards invading what is currently a very well run part of workplace pensions. Until the past two weeks, I … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, DWP, governance, pension playpen, pensions, Treasury
Tagged Business, DWP, Employment, ICAEW, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, pensions, Retirement, The Pensions Regulator
73 Comments
Small is beautiful – a good news story from Investment Solutions
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
Has Webb scotch’d the commission snake – or killed it?
All the advisers needed to do was to make promises. They did not have to keep them. Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Fred Goodwin, pension playpen, pensions, poetry, Treasury
Tagged Employment, FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial services, Office of Fair Trading, OFT, pension, Steve Webb
9 Comments
The Budget – Becalmed in the middle of the lost decade!
This wasn’t really a budget about pensions and the usual scare stories about threats to pension saving proved groundless. It certainly didn’t do much for those in retirement. Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, dc pensions, Treasury
Tagged April, April 2013, April 2014, April 2015, Business, National Insurance, Small and medium enterprises, Value-added tax
1 Comment
“We grow old, we grow old” – a budget day blog
It’s budget day. I was asked to be a commentator on a budget briefing this afternoon but I’m not good on economics – more interested in nuts and bolts. All the same, it’s useful sometimes to stick your head up and … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, doctors, Henry Tapper blog, pension playpen, pensions, Treasury
Tagged Britain, Budget Day, Economic, Government, Government spending, House of Lords, Piers Plowman, Strike action
2 Comments
The growing epidemic of stats misuse
Hilary Salt is founder of First Actuarial plc. She is currently the Actuarial Post’s Actuary of the Year. Late in 2011 she was asked to contribute a piece to the Independent’s Battle of the Ideas. This is what she wrote . Twenty years ago, … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, Martin Lewis, Music, pensions, Trades Union Congress, Treasury
Tagged Harvard University, Journalist, Math, Nate Silver, New Zealand, SpongeBob SquarePants, Statistics, United States
1 Comment
ABI finally comes clean on pension charges
Here, not before time, is the ABI’s capitulation in the face of pressure from Government, opposition, the NAPF and all right-thinking people in pensions. Special thanks go to Gregg and his team on the Labour pensions bench! The agreement is … Continue reading
Pensions dead by 2050 – taking the Michael?
The Daily Telegraph, which through Richard Evans has started writing sharp and provocative articles on pensions, came out with a corker just before Christmas. I read it on the beach and nearly choked on my sangria! Here it is in … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Australia, auto-enrolment, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, de-risking, defined aspiration, Henry Tapper blog, NEST, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Treasury, with-profits
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Business and Economy, Christmas, corporate governance, corporate risk, Daily Telegraph, DC Comics, dc pensions, Employment, Financial literacy, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Poverty, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Saving, social media, Steve Webb
11 Comments