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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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Tagged ABI, auto-enrolment, Debbie fielder, DWP, Hymans Robertson, Laura Trott, PLSA, WPC
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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
For millions, “the partner dies- the annuity dies”- pension credit comforts the bereaved
It’s easy to forget in a world of “pension freedom” that millions of British savers purchased annuities with their pension pots in the 40 years prior to the day George Osborne announced “no one will ever have to buy an … Continue reading
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Tagged ABI, annuities, annuity purchase, Insurers, Pension Credit
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Call out the Karma Police – (they’re at it again)
As if the Karma Police weren’t busy enough, we have more work for them! Legal & General, like Hargreaves Lansdown. have found a way to demand money of us to swell their coffers in aid of narrowing the gender pay … Continue reading
We need courage not legislation – to sort out small pots
Dress it up as the industry may, the progress report of the Small Pots Working Group is a disappointment. The Group was set up to find a working solution that commanded consensus from the ABI, PLSA and the … Continue reading
ABI sets out how auto-enrolment can work better for insurers.
Insurers have long benefited from Government pension policy in building up their funds under management. Lobbying from the ABI has led to the establishment of personal pensions which have been used not just as a means of accumulating … Continue reading
Pension transfer times are getting longer , how can this (pension) be?
I am a fan of Pension Bee. I visited their new offices in Southwark yesterday, I was shown into the post room, apparently they get a special delivery every day, so much mail needs to be scanned from the pension … Continue reading
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Tagged ABI, Guy Opperman, Origo, Pension Bee, Pensions, PLSA, Transfer
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Opperman links launch of 2017 AE reforms to wash-up of small pots
Guy Opperman clearly enjoys twitter, he has mastered the production of a twitter thread (a series of micro-blogs that can develop an argument without fear of interruption). Here is the latest, which while being overly triumphal, contains some strong messages … Continue reading