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Should we be empowering consumers or regulating providers?
Well we’re on to question three – all the proposed eight blogs will be sent to WPC as our evidence – when I mean “our”- I mean mine – and the thoughts of anyone who cares to comment. So here’s this morning’s exam … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, WPC
Tagged auto enrolment, CDC, FCA, pensions, TPR, workplace Pensions, WPC
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Who’s fooling whom – on workplace pensions
“We all have one- we all know who chose it, but none of us know why?” In the 19th century, when riddles were popular, this would have been counted an interesting question. Riddling could make a comeback on social media … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, NEST, pensions, workplace pension
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NEST needs you!
Interested in influencing how NEST works for members? News reaches me that the NEST Member Panel is recruiting and looking for hard working, conscientious , pension loving folk like us. You can apply for this position online up to and … Continue reading
The trees are great – but the wood’s the thing!
This week has seen ,present at the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries pension conference on “mapping the Pension Genome”, our Pension PlayPen lunch on “defaults to spend our DC saving”, Reward Strategy conference on “Royal Mail’s journey to CDC” … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, CDC, dc, IFA, money marketing, pension playpen, pensions, poetry
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Why job – splitters can get shafted on pensions.
I was woken early in the morning to the sound of Robert Cochran, the familiar voice of Scottish Widows pensions team. Scottish Widows have done some research that £90m a year is being saved by employers/lost to employees as a result of … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged AE, auto enrolment, Learn payroll, Neil Esslmont, pensions, reward strategy, The Pensions Regulator
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Trapped! What if you’re in a failing master-trust?
Duncan Buchanan’s articles in Pension Expert are always worth reading, and his latest blog in Pensions Expert is no exception. He looks at small master trusts and asks just what would happen if one decided to pack it in. He … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Hogan Lovells, master trust, pension playpen, pensions
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“Lifestyle” jobs should still pay pensions!
The latest Gig Economy case to be tested in court starts today , (Monday 30th April) Courier firm Hermes is facing action from GMB Union members. The legal action, which follows GMB’s landmark success against Uber, is on behalf of … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, benefits, gig-economy, GMB, Hermes, pensions, Ros Altmann, Steve Webb
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Life’s a beach for the BlackRock IGC
It’s a sure fine of things to come when an IGC report is promoted by a stock photo. This couple appear on most of the IGC reports I have read, I suspect they were scammed out of their pension and … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged AE, Allan Whalley, auto enrolment, BlackRock, IGC, Investment, pensions, Value for Money
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Scottish Widows IGC – you can’t talk your way past Babloo
Scottish Widows have published their IGC report and it makes interesting reading. Babloo Ramamurthy, it’s chair, is a great believer in communication. You can tell by the number of instructions he gives to his provider to sort out its communications. In … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, babloo ramamurthy, IGC, Scottish Widows, workplace Pensions
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What I’ll be looking for from the 2018 IGC chair statements
2018 and all that It’s IGC reporting season again and I’ll be looking to have answers to four questions this year. So here are my questions (more hope than expectation). If you’re making a value for money, what … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, CDC, CETV, ESG, IGC, pensions, workplace Pensions
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