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SeLFIES (on phones) for the self-employed

Arun Muralidhar, adjunct professor of finance at Georgetown University, thinks an innovative bond pioneered by Brazil could help fix the self-employment pension problem in the EU and the UK Self-employed individuals in Europe range from as high as 30% of … Continue reading

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A Pension not a La La Savings commission please! (video)

This is the video of a sensible discussion debating the value of having a pension commission Holidays had taken many of those we wanted there abroad. Steve (the boss) had been in Malta, Bryn (the Lord) was in Spain and … Continue reading

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A nice watch for a Chancellor bored of Wimbledon and the football.

A good morning spent in the company of Chris Curry, Steve Goddard, Dr Priya Khambiyaita  and Arun Muralidhar. I was a little late but hope I contribute a little late on when I remind that annuities may be nice to … Continue reading

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Ideas from the USA; Arun and Brian sell me finance solutions for pensions.

I am bemused and amused by folk cleverer than me from the USA who offer me alternative ways to deliver real retirement incomes through wildly differing techniques. The first is Arun Muralidhar’s reminder to me that his president can (short-term) … Continue reading

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Buying pension a fiver at a time

I intended when I started out this morning to explore how we can provide pensions from very small pots, but I got waylaid by tax matters and the stress people put themselves under at retirement. One of the people who’d … Continue reading

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(SELFIES v PENSIONS) – The cowman and the farmer should be friends

Taking on Arun’s challenge Let’s not mince about here, Arun is looking to big-up his SELFIE so I thought I’d take up the challenge as a fan of Pensions. For SELFIE info – click here. Unsurprisingly the score was  -2 … Continue reading

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Mr Equity and Mr Bond – can they be friends? (Moshe Milevsky on pioneering pensions)

This is a really excellent discussion between Steffan Lundberg and Moshe Milevsky. Moshe literally wrote the book on what the Americans call “modern tontines” and what Royal Mail calls a wage for life (an AgeWage). It’s called “How to Build … Continue reading

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We aren’t all taking SeLFIES yet!

Is there an argument for the State to issue a new kind of pension bond to compete with annuities Arun Muralidhar believes there is and he has evidence that such bonds are popular, in Brazil. This blog asks whether now … Continue reading

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