Monthly Archives: May 2025
Pension Reform – a mantle of change Labour gets out – or else!
If I was Torsten Bell, rather than feeling smug about my speech at the LCP conference in London, I’d be reading the reports of Labour losing way to Nigel Farage and Reform I’d not be worried about the loss of … Continue reading
Hymans Robinson untap pensions potential!
An epic of the Pension PlayPen where Calum and Paul of Hymans Robertson shows a group of 40 committed pension lovers what they have! Here’s the Link to full report: untapped-potential-of-pensions.pdf More to follow by way of collateral/
Playing the second half of the pension game with “defaults”
“Making sure more employers and savers have the option of an innovative CDC pension scheme is an important part of making that happen.” It would be easy for an enthusiast like Henry Tapper to argue for a CDC future , … Continue reading
“Collective pensions to deliver higher income and lower risks in future” – Bell
The Government has not made a major statement on policy since Edinburgh (PLSA) in early March. Yesterday he delivered his intentions to those at the LCP Conference and delivered the import of Torsten Bell in a statement In bold … Continue reading
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Wayhome’s long way home
As those of us who heard Nick Lyons speak at the equity release summit last week will remember, there are two great stores of wealth in this country. One is our stock of funded pensions and the other our stock … Continue reading
Whoever aspires to be adequate?
“Adequacy is the defining challenge of our generation” says incoming Chair of the Association of Consulting Actuaries , Stewart Hastie I do not know of anyone who aspires to just get by, be ok, have an adequate lifestyle. Being a … Continue reading
Revealed;- the Giant Jenga Challenge to buyouts
An Obscure, Recent, Regulatory Update can Improve Pension Provision and Boost the City A regulatory update can bring about major improvements in pension provision says C-Suite’s William McGrath. From April 2024, under Technical Actuarial Standard 300 version 2, actuaries … Continue reading
Is there a higher law?
In olden days there was a divine right of king that trumped the law of the land, or so monarchs asserted. Now Trump asserts a higher law, the presidential election as a higher law than the state court. He tells … Continue reading
Křetínský’s bid for IDS secures not scuppers Royal Mail’s CDC plan
Those who think that Daniel Křetínský’s bid for his EP Group (Bidco) to take over Royal Mail and stop the CDC scheme had best read the small print of its offer for IDS (Royal Mail’s parent). The RMCPP is the … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, CWU, Jon Millidge, pension, pension surplus, Royal Mail, Surplus, Terry Pullinger, Unite
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The difference between opportunistic theft and systemic pension fraud
I thought I’d look at what was making headlines in the trade press this morning and found, not surprisingly – two stories on fraud. The first involves my friend and hero Margaret Snowdon. Margaret looks not just at the crime … Continue reading