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Aon could look beyond the employer, for appetite for CDC
So what does Aon mean by “the industry”? It’s in the nature of large consultancies that when they think “collectively”, they think of employers. Pensions have been “occupational” for generations and occupational pensions speak collectively as the “pension industry”. But … Continue reading
Would CDC have surfed the pandemic’s waves? Aon think so
Earlier this week Willis Towers Watson explained how an individual’s buying power from a CDC scheme could be 70% higher than from a conventional DC scheme. Hot on its heels, Aon analysis shows UK CDC schemes would have weathered 2020’s … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, CDC, pensions
Tagged Aon, CDC, Pension Schemes Bill, Pensions, target pension
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Putting “transfer” in employer’s heads
Since 2012, the industry has self regulated pension transfer exercises where employers offer staff a financial incentive, to quit good quality schemes. Industry leaders are now calling for the Govt to intervene after saying self-regulation is failing https://t.co/sSwvLQG94A — Josephine … Continue reading
CDC and the actuarial profession
I am not an actuary, I work with actuaries and I work for an actuarial firm. I stand up for actuaries and I praise them where praise is due. Yesterday saw an attack on the actuarial profession on twitter … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged actuaries, Aon, CDC, first actuarial, IFoA, pensions, Royal Mail, transfers, WTW
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Don’t de-risk too early – says Aon!
I nearly fell off my sofa on Lady Lucy!! While all I’ve been hearing from Aon’s fiduciary unit is the importance of locking down the pension scheme through Liability Driven Investment – fully implemented by Aon, here is the American … Continue reading
CMA investment probe shock; the big three breathe again!
It shows the distance between the consumer and the investment consultant that all but a handful of readers will know what this headline refers to. To the general public, the Competition and Markets Authority’s probe into the opaque world of … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged Aon, CMA, Consultants, Investment, Mercer, pensions, WTW
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The herd mentality that leads us to DC
Luke 8:32-33 A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into the pigs, and he gave them permission. When the demons came out of the man, they went into … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, USS
Tagged Aon, Consultants, first actuarial, pensions, UCU, USS, UUK
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Kevin Wesbroom rebuts Hargreaves Lansdown’s rubbishing of CDC
Hot on the heels of Kevin’s rebuttal of CIDC, here are his comments on Hargreaves Lansdown’s submission to the Work and Pensions select Committee. Kevin is writing in his capacity as a consultant for Aon. His comments are in … Continue reading
Less sales – more trustees please.
I was jogged out of my Friday night lethargy by this picture. Aon’s master trust has just been awarded a “Pension Quality Mark” by the PLSA. I find this picture quite disturbing. The pensions minister Guy Opperman (right) is featured … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged #PLSAANNUAL, Aon, mattingly, Mortimer, Nash, Opperman, pensions, PLSA, trust
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New torment for investment consultants – Mike Foster.
Mike is a senior consultant at Montfort Communications. Until recently he was assistant editor at Financial News and that journalistic pedigree shines through in this remarkable piece of writing. Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, investment, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Aon, De Montfort, FCA, investment consultant, Mercers, pensions, Willis Towers Watson
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