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Can the LGPS please set out its funding position to ordinary tax-payers.
There is a row in Birmingham between some professors and the executive of Birmingham and it has been a matter for the Birmingham Post. I wrote about it earlier in the year and was sent the paper (which being in … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, auto enrolment, Business, Employment, Joanne Donnelly, LGPS, pension, Pensions
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What’s happening to L&G’s shares matters to our pensions
On Friday, the FT brooked a story which at first site is a bit obscure, concerning Japanese and American businesses. Legal & General has brokered a deal to sell its US insurance business to Japan’s Meiji Yasuda for $2.3bn in … Continue reading
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Tagged AE, AE reforms, annuity, Business, Employment, L&G, National Employment Savings Trust, Pensions
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Is People’s now a “fully agile internal manager” of our savings?
Toby Nangle is a good guy, he comes from the investment community and he’s trying to turn People’s Partnership and other savings organisations into the kind of investment houses that make for happy Chancellors. This report is from Pension Age … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, annuity, Business, Business and Economy, Investment, NEST, Pension new, Pensions, Tax
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Where should our £1.6tn be invested?
I want to know how pensions can be reorganised to meet the needs of members, sponsors and the taxpayer whose money keeps Government going. Steve Hodder Partner at Lane Clark & PeacockPartner at Lane Clark & Peacock The Government has … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, dc pensions, DWP, Government, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, TPR, workplace Pensions
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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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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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Tagged advice, annuity, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, dc pensions, Government, pension, Pensions, Retirement, TPR
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We’ve got a £1.6tr framework to make Britain Great again
Oops , sorry about my plea for some morale support yesterday, I have slept properly and hope to agree a way forward today. I wondered for a brief moment whether I should pack it in! I mention this because … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, corporate governance, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, pension, pension playpen, Pensions, Reeves, Retirement
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Is Reeves condemning the “de-risking” of pensions?
There has been considerable response to last night’s blog Field called our DB pensions “an economic miracle”….Reeves knows why. It explains how a speech including a call to reinvest pension surpluses in company and economic growth. It’s worth reading and … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, DB, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, pension, Pension Regulator, Pensions, TPR, Treasury
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Jamie of Smart warms my walk home with hope!
The VFM pensions podcast has Jamie Fiveash , UK CEO of Smart Pensions as a guest this week. These podcasts are typically 80 minutes long, a bit like the Church service (though the Methodists offer no less!). This podcast occupied … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, Employment, Government, pension, Pensions, Retirement
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