Monthly Archives: March 2026
Help for our past 50 years work, hope for pensions next half century!
The Pensions Regulator has made an announcement of a change of attitude towards private DB pensions. Here is John Hamilton, chair of the Stagecoach Pension Trust, that has led change in the past six months. My only comments here are … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Flex and Fix, fungibility, John Hamiolton, Pensions, Ros Altmann
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Spring statement from the Pensions Minister
I was not able to go to the Trades Union Conference but I could watch it from afar and did, oddly from Bishopsgate where a separate conference was talking about pension administration. Torsten Bell talked of pension administration and I’ll … Continue reading
TUC says all Trustee boards should have member representing trustees
This blog is by Sandra Wolf of Mallowstreet The pensions system largely functions well, some in the pensions industry have said in response to a governance consultation by the Department for Work and Pensions closing on Thursday but suggest extra rules … Continue reading
Everything you wanted to know about MaPS but were afraid to ask.
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TUC launches “Member Voice in Pension Scheme Governance”
The TUC have launched this report and it will be debated at its pensions conference this morning. This week, a group of friends launched a Pensions Mutual to take forward this idea in CDC. Pensions Mutual supports the aim of … Continue reading
Royal Mail CDC’s giving its first pension pay rise! The TUC should be shouting that out!
I opened this article yesterday and my eyes glazed over! This all sounded very technical and daunting to a person not expert in actuarial valuations. But a few hours later I got this from my postman. He was delighted to … Continue reading
TPR’s vision of a future DB market including buy-outs, superfunds and schemes just carrying on
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has encouraged trustees and employers to actively consider their defined benefit (DB) scheme endgame strategies, as a “step change” in funding levels is transforming the DB landscape. Publishing its first DB universe projection model report, TPR said … Continue reading
And you think the insurer that bought out your pension scheme invests risk-free?
And you think the insurer that bought out your pension scheme invests risk-free? More worrying still are private credit funds. More worrying still, UK pensions bought out by insurers who are investing in private credits. Insurers are being relied … Continue reading
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Associated British Foods ( Primark to you and me) – a progressive company and pension scheme.
I can see why David Fairs picked up on this bit of news If we are to pick out a firm that is “classy” in terms of pensions, I’d pick AB foods for my shortlist. Is there any other … Continue reading
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War is destabilising world economics – how resilient is Britain?
This is me ripping the front page of the FT off this morning’s digital feed and sharing it with you, There are other stories behind those in the simple numbers of Britain and the USA markets, Korean markets were suspended … Continue reading