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The power of what we are.
It is a shame that while we are trying to find ways to grow our economy thinking long-term (pension funded) we are fearing short term tariffs from the USA as if our financial futures depended on the whims of a … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Government, Insurance, pension, politics, social media, Treasury
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Surpluses are ephemeral, beating targets should be fundamental
The surplus issue , like Mansion House speeches, does not open doors in the way that Pension Freedoms did to the retail “pension” market. I put pension in italics because George Osborne released retirement savings from the last link to … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, annuity, Business, Business and Economy, Con Keating, Insurance, Pensions
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Ten years on and the DB to DC transfer turns sour.
In 2016 I started writing about transferring pensions to wealth management firms including old fashioned personal pensions but mainly self invested personal pensions. There were some smart people arguing that taking a transfer value back then was good news personally … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, annuity, BSPS, dc pensions, Financial services, LCP, pension, Pensions, Steve Webb, Tax, Transfer
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One thing got my goat on this. “Redirecting DB assets to DC”….
My email’s contain a number of interesting missives. Here’s one I will post anony-mouse -ly. The mailer will probably be cross with me for compromising him/her – if you were at the said event, maybe you remember! I wasn’t. One … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Business and Economy, dc pensions, Government, Insurance, pension, Pensions, politics, Retirement
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DC VFM = the value of pension for the money saved.
I think the scale program instigated by Government to get DC plans “valuable” is the wrong measure. I’d like to say why. Government can achieve its aim of VFM for DC schemes better. Government needs to start thinking of VFM … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, AgeWage, auto enrolment, corporate risk, DWP, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, Pension new, Pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, TPR
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Awkward surplus choices for top-job pension people!
There are a lot of people making noise about releasing pension scheme surpluses in funding. Here’s the actuaries saying something that pleases everybody. Actuaries like to think of themselves as an extension of the government and of course they have … Continue reading
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How much value are advisers adding to the drawdown process?
The IFA in question is Jennifer Ellis who makes some really interesting points Data from the FCA has shown savers withdraw up to 20% more from their pension pots in the 2023/24 financial year compared to the prior year, while … Continue reading
Invesco ; 1+1 Just doesn’t equal 3
Put a well-heeled American fund manager together with an innovative UK insurer and you’d hope to come up with something imaginative. You would have hoped wrong.Here is another solution for the solution sodden advisory market that suggests innovation but delivers … Continue reading
Time has moved on – and so must HMRC . Ark pension fraud (pt. 94)
Good for the FT for giving publicity to the ongoing agony of the Arc pension fraud victims. This is a specialist pension blog and so has covered the fraud many times over the years. Sue Flood has had her testimony … Continue reading
Advice – try before you buy. Make your first fee – a fixed fee
Hiring a financial adviser is a serious business, it could be the start of a lifelong relationship , for many people it is. But the financial model for advisers assumes that most clients will have an annuity value, that means … Continue reading