Monthly Archives: May 2025
Altmann makes £70bn pension give away MATTER to those who invest pensions
Well done Ros Altmann for having the balls to point out what is apparent to all of us, that the tax-payer is offering enormous incentives to companies and savers to build deferred pay for the future. I wish I … Continue reading
Riddaway explains “with profits” slows consolidation and is not CDC
With unusual rapidity we have got the video of Bobby Riddaway ready for sharing and here it is. There is much to enjoy in this excellent presentation and the superb questions from fellow experts. I kept a low profile as … Continue reading
Partick and Union Saint-Gilloise – football and pensions!
Scottish enlightenment This is a blog for my Partick fans Rob Reid and Andrew Young who come from the west side of Glasgow and aren’t caught in the Celtic/Rangers bifurcation. Partick’s first night of a 6 match battle to … Continue reading
The Guardian’s and my pension advice to Reeves .
I was pleased yesterday to read the Guardian article below. The Guardian in its opinion piece on pensions , included a link to something that I wrote last year which you can read again by pressing on the emboldened … Continue reading
The blue actuarial scouse at 10.30 this morning!
This picture of Bobby Riddaway is I think 20 years old and is from the days when Bobby was an investment consultant. We met at Mallowstreet at a time when many of us were setting out. At the time I … Continue reading
Pension Oldie on getting the Bulk Purchase Annuity decision right
Pension Oldie is a veteran of this business and speaks with the authority his moniker grants him. It is another little master piece from someone who clearly has been through annuity purchasing My own personal view is that a bulk … Continue reading
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Ten years on and going strong- Transparency Task Force
The Transparency Task Force was set up 10 years ago with the help of Chris Sier and Con Keating who asked Andy Agethangelou to front an organisation that would promote best practice in financial services. It had its first … Continue reading
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“With-Profits” and its impact on consolidation – Riddaway.
This picture of Bobby Riddaway is I think 20 years old and is from the days when Bobby was an investment consultant. We met at Mallowstreet at a time when many of us were setting out. In the early years … Continue reading
People want lifetime income, let’s make it simple for them.
If you speak to most people about pensions there is only one thing in their mind, an income that takes over when they retire and provides security for the rest of their life. We have made life a lot harder … Continue reading
Pension industry in a mess – poll confirms.
The proposed Mansion House Compact II, of which a draft was reportedly circulated last month, would see DC providers commit to investing 10% of assets into unlisted equities by 2030, with half of those being devoted to the UK. The government … Continue reading
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