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Tag Archives: Australia
What are deferred annuities and why do they matter?
Cooper and Cumbo – Aussie dream team In a real example, an Aussie who bought a $10,000 deferred annuity at 65 would receive an annual income of $1741 a year from age 85, if they survived to that age. … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, annuity, pensions
Tagged annuity, Australia, CDC, Cooper, deferred annuity, Drawdown, pensions, Super
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Is there wisdom in saving?
Thanks to Dave Thompson who sent me this random picture, presumably with a hope of an answer! I suspect its a teaser for Pensions Awareness Day – which is now just a fortnight away! Well here goes Dave, I’m going … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged America, Australia, Britain, pensions, Reasonable Force, Retirement, Wisdom
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Play “Stick or twist” in the workplace pension lottery!
If you changed jobs, would you prefer to stick with your current workplace pension or join your new employer’s scheme (leaving a little pot behind you)? It’s a tough choice, and the more you think about it, the tougher … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged AE, Australia, auto-enrolement, Clearing, payoll, pension, pensions, stick, twist
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Other ways of doing CDC
It’s great when you wake up – turn on your phone and get a really great couple of messages! This is what happened this morning to me Last night John Ralfe had been asking me where I felt CDC … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, pensions
Tagged actuaries, Australia, CDC, Falco Calkenberg, Holland, Jeremy Cooper, John Ralfe, pension, pensions
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Tie me Superfund down – sport
Q. What do you get if you cross a compulsory contribution system with unfettered private sector provision? A. Australian Superannuation So this should come as no surprise A couple of enduring themes have emerged so far from the Royal Commission … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Australia, David Harris, Gregg McClymont, Kangagroo, superannuation
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Watch out for that land down under! Australia’s as confused as we are!
Australia is the land where the market never crashes. It is a nation of double digit compulsory pension contributors , of universal pension engagement and an example to us all. Well some of this is true, but if recent reports coming out of … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Andy Haldane, Australia, Clearing, pensions, Pot follows member, Super
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HAPPY RUGBY WINS!
As I seem to spend most of this weekend commuting from Central London to Eton on trains running through Twickenham, I have not been able to avoid the rugby world cup. I now know that West London is populated entirely by Kiwis, Boks and Aussies … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Argentina, Australia, France, Happy, Irleland, NewZealand, rugby, RWC15, Scotland, South Africa, Wales
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Advance Australia Fair!
I have never been to Australia, I should go I know, but we have Earl’s Court. My good friend Jim Hennington has recently returned to his native Oz after a few years over here teaching us some tricks on how to … Continue reading
Bridging that advice gap – 43rd London Pension Lunch
Vivi and others were more optimistic, reckoning that employer power might be a way of driving standards up. Continue reading
“What’s expensive for a pension these days?”
Most UK pension people may still agree with you and see 0.9% as cheap but not me. It might have been cheap in 2000 and it certainly isn’t today! Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, brand, corporate governance, customer service, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, fish, one pound fish, pensions, Personality, Retirement
Tagged AMC, Australia, David Pitt-Watson, Dutch, John, John Denham, Legal & General, pension
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