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Have NEST swapped pension energy for deferred annuities?
There was a moment in Paul Todd’s excellent talk when I asked myself who owns the rate at which my pot is returned to me. The answer is not clear even to Nest, it depends on what the provider … Continue reading
Why don’t insurance companies like pensions? Find out here.
The VFM podcast,which I follow, this week follows the ABI as they get a new logo,has a 40th birthday and has a conference to tell us what it can do to put Britain to rights. “Engagement” before and after retirement … Continue reading
Stop Bulk Transfer Waste : Recycle DB Pension Surpluses
“Pens down on risk transfers”, trustees and consultants urged at Mercer Conference. At the Mercer Risk Transfer Conference (Tues 11/02) in a debate with life insurers Rothesay and Just, Con Keating and William McGrath argued that bulk transfers are … Continue reading
Reeves’ bold plans for pensions will challenge the ABI
Rachel Reeves is proposing to shake up Britain’s pension system as part of a three-pronged plan aimed at boosting the economy’s sluggish growth rate if Labour wins the next election. The shadow chancellor wants more of the money saved for … Continue reading
Pension Superfunds are more than the “poor man’s buy-out”
The Government has radically changed its position on pension superfunds, at last giving feedback on its 2018 consultation and making clear that pension superfunds are helpful to pension consolidation and support the wider aims of the Treasury. The response to … Continue reading
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The ABI look to seize the high ground on pension investment
The Treasury is softening up the British Public for change This weekend, the softening up of the British public to the idea that pension schemes can invest for Britain gathered further momentum. The Times ran an article headlined Can pensions … Continue reading
Why special pleading on the MPAA brings “pensions” into disrepute
In a letter to the Treasury ahead of this month’s Budget, more than a dozen companies, including leading pension groups and trade associations, have urged ministers to change the rule that governs how much can be saved into a pension … Continue reading
The give and take of workplace pensions (it can’t all be “done for us!”)
“Done for you” has become an over-worked phrase in a very short time. I started using it to refer to the CDC decumulation solution discussed by Simon Eagle and others where CDC becomes another investment pathway – with the pension … Continue reading
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The cost of living crisis – and the value of small pots
This IMF chart is (rightly) getting a lot of attention given the UK figures are truly awful. But why are they so bad? Because this is what happens when you add an energy price surge onto a country with our … Continue reading