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LGPS – £147bn is an ECONOMIC MIRACLE – what should be done?

Where to do with the financial strength of Local Government Pension Funds? Let’s not be shy about this. LGPS employers have put a lot of money into their schemes over the past 20 years to keep their pension obligations. It … Continue reading →

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Making sense of your pension with your phone? CA and BehindLogin make a start!

The picture above is from Corporate Adviser (provided by BehindLogin) and perhaps explains the lack of attention paid to our pension by technology. Pensions are outnumbered and probably under-used. I tested my usage on my phone. I have apps with … Continue reading →

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Compliance is not VFM – nor annuities; savers need more from pensions!

It is interesting to see how Australia pressing ahead with what we call Value for money or VFM. I can see as far as Bac’s contribution page but no further but it’s far enough for the purposes of this blog. … Continue reading →

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If pensions are deferred pay, bosses shouldn’t allow a pay cut.

This blog takes me back to the last decade when I spent much of my time producing evaluations of providers. A long time ago, before I was a pensioner, I used to work with large numbers of employers through Sage … Continue reading →

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Its DATA can measure if your “pension” gives Value for Money

Most of us have some benefits at retirement due to us from savings we and our employer have made on our behalf. A record of the amounts paid and what they bought by way of units in funds is held … Continue reading →

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Pension PlayPen goes Olympian with Donna Fraser – great party Steve!

I hope I am reading this right! Donna Fraser, one of my and my partner’s great athletics heroes? Has Steve really gone and done it? Not only is she a great athlete, she’s a great ambassador for British sport and … Continue reading →

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LGPS conference concludes but my writing on LGPS won’t!

  The final day of a conference tends to be an anti-climax after a boozy night before. This was an exception with two big sessions at the end, the first considering fiduciary responsibilities in investment – featuring Kings Bench superstar … Continue reading →

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CDC for those who want more certainty? We call it “shared ambition”.

The move to CDC looks happily inevitable. I hope that by 2030 most people in workplace pensions will have access to a pension and the amount of certainty from their pension will be dependent on fiduciaries (trustees and personal pension … Continue reading →

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Please pay a reliable pension and allow us to choose to spend or save it!

Professionally I am interested the wage feel is coming in when age changes their lives. That is why I called my company AgeWage though I have a less serious company called Pension PlayPen which considers while messing around, what can … Continue reading →

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Companies need open banking – not LGPS – to offer staff pensions.

Those who read this blog may be supplemented this weekend by people who enjoy fire and brimstone for here is Jnamdoc opening his heart on the need for a pension system that provides pensions to everyone. This is a comment … Continue reading →

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