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Fresh Alternative Investment Fund Policy
Draft SI and Policy note Draft legislation to reform the regulatory framework for Alternative Investment Fund managers, streamlining the regulation to support growth and tailoring for UK markets. From: HM Treasury Published 14 July 2026 Documents The Alternative Investment Fund … Continue reading
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Tagged 'investment trusts, AIF, alternative, Investmenbt Companies, pension
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A new kind of influencer – the financial flame thrower?
Here is a new kind of influencer – the influencer on social media. My friend Derek Scott, who is my kind of financial influencer sent me this – which has interesting comparison with what I have been suggesting in the … Continue reading
TPR look at ways to help schemes “run on”.
Developments in the defined benefit alternative arrangements market 27 November 2023 / Mike Birch Protecting savers and supporting innovation are central to our work. In line with this, we are working closely with providers in the market to explore alternative defined benefit … Continue reading
Why workplace pensions are so scary
Andy Haldane famously said he didn’t know the first thing about pensions and that has been taken to be a call to action to the pensions industry to bore us all about tax-relief, the advantages of regular saving, starting early … Continue reading
Don’t blame us punters for “unadvised drawdown”- give us an alternative!
Back in 2014, in the lead up to the launch of the pension freedoms, I wrote a blog on the perils of unadvised drawdown. I predicted then , what we see today, a large number of people trying to … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative, dc, FCA, pensions, punter, risk sharing, unadvised drawdown
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