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Come on Aviva – get your act together!
I have been involved in this peripherally. The story was broken by Steve Webb in the Daily Mail and it doesn’t seem to be going away. There is clearly fault from Gavin H’s employer but it is the standards of … Continue reading
The Pensions Minister involved in sorting Gavin’s salary sacrifice mix-up.
There is more to Gavin H’s story; here is the latest episode.
Retiring with Aviva is not as easy as they make you think!
Gavin H’s struggle with Aviva to get his tax relief paid into his Aviva DC pot was taken up by Steve Webb in Money Mail in March. It was not until April that it became clear that the victim is … Continue reading
When tax incentives go unpaid to those buying workplace pensions!
This is an article from This is Money , published in March 2026 – you can read the original here You can read the story of the man who asked Steve Webb the question when he found out he’d been … Continue reading
Just, L&G, Aviva, USS and Hymans write to Reeves explaining how to finance UK growth
Keating and Aubrey told us how gilts could not do the job. Last September Thomas Aubrey and Con Keating highlighted the inanity of the Government’s plan to finance with gilts the growth needed for new towns and growth that is … Continue reading
The damage that QE did to a saver who did what the Trustees and Insurer told her to
This is the story of one of my readers who has suffered such financial loss from following her trustee’s glidepath to retirement that she is making a complaint. I have been writing this week about the Bank of England’s comments … Continue reading
Aviva’s IGC; a good quality life company promoting itself through its IGC!
Aviva have delivered their IGC report and it’s a thorough piece of work. You can download it here or read it in full from this blog The marketing of these reports seems to depend on very relaxed executives in casual … Continue reading
L&G and Aviva argue for Australia as the “silver bullet” for the Pension Schemes Bill
You can follow this session from this link, it is the last session of the morning with the Government Committee Unfortunately the wrong people had been put forward by Aviva (Dale Critchley) and L&G (Colin Clarke) to talk about surplus … Continue reading
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Keeping everybody sweet – Emma Douglas’ unique genius
I’ve enjoyed listening to Emma Douglas on the Daren and Nico pensions show. Increasingly I’m drifting away from the world of DC workplace pensions but Emma is a genuine enthusiast and here she shows determination not to get sucked … Continue reading
Important amends to my Aviva IGC report.
This report has two important amends from that originally published. In their 2022 report, the Aviva IGC did indeed conclude that members not protected by the AE charge cap, and paying in excess of 0.75% a year in charges, were … Continue reading