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Tag Archives: annuity
John Ralfe’s CDC lecture
A big thank you to Imperial College Business School for making this a public lecture, It brought 140 people together, encouraged some sharp debate in the chat room and gave a platform to John Ralfe to explain the con trick … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Brevan Howard, CDC, dc, Financial services, John Ralfe
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The money behind annuities “matters” too!
We tend to forget that a very large amount of the money yet to be paid as pensions , is backed by funds held by insurers and that money is invested, not just in gilts but in a wide variety … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Aviva, Canada Life, ESG, Just, L&G, retirement line, Scottish Widows
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Still no evidence that pots are becoming pensions!
There’s not been much discussion about the HMRC’s latest update on what’s being drawn down from our pensions and what there has been has interpreted the data differently. Alistair Mcqueen has tweeted positively New pension freedom data out today. Total … Continue reading
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Tagged advice gap, Alistair McQueen, annuity, CDC, jo cumbo, pension, Pot
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A user’s guide to AgeWage.com
As regular readers will know, I campaign for better information to be made available to savers about their pension pots and to help people understand their pot, have formed a company, AgeWage. AgeWage.com helps people make sense of their pots … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged AgeWage, annuity, Better Retirement Group, Drawdown, FCA, investment pathways
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Pension Bee and the fintech annuity
Legal & General Retail Retirement has agreed a new partnership to provide annuities to PensionBee customers. From 3rd August, customers enquiring about an annuity with PensionBee will be introduced to Legal & General for further information, or to get a … Continue reading
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Tagged advice gap, AgeWage, annuity, L&G, pensons, retirement line
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Pensions in the grand scheme of things
In the “grand scheme of things” – pensions will go on “In the grand scheme of things” is a very much over-worked phrase. It’s up there with “all will come out in the wash” as a means of dismissing today’s … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, pensions
Tagged annuity, CDC, dc, Defined Contribution, Flexi-access drawdown, Kevin Wesbroom, pensions
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Were you thinking of retiring?
For a lot of people my age (58 going on 59), retirement was looking a cert. Now I and many like me, will have to think some more, save some more and maybe be a little less cocky about our … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, pensions
Tagged annuity, Australia, CDC, Jim Hennington, pensions, Stephen Huppert, variable annuity
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Is MaPS creating a UK Financial Wellbeing Movement?
At this time of crisis , we need to be deploying our resources to meet the immediate needs of our customers and MaPS should be no different Continue reading
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Tagged advice, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, debt, Debt management plan, DWP, MAPS, Pensions
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Dip into your pension at 55 and you could be “pension non grata”.
Most people know they can draw the money in their pension pot from 55, and because they can – they do. Very few sustainable drawdown plans are established by people in their fifties and very few annuities. 55% of annuities … Continue reading
“Evolution not revolution” as important for what it omits as what it says.
My view when I started this morning’s blog #Poole #Dorset #NovemberToMember pic.twitter.com/wpLW4EIcjy — Pension Plowman (@henryhtapper) November 16, 2019 I finished reading “Evolution not revolution – five years of freedom” sensing something had been missing. That something has just come … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, dc pensions, defined ambition, defined aspiration, pensions
Tagged annuity, CDC, dc, DCIF, Drawdown, Evolution, pension, pensions, revolution
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