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Where bankers show their pension fallibility!
I know a fair few bankers (and I bet some don’t want to remember me!). They want to mark their happiness to the market but pots of money never do! They need pensions like the rest of us. You can … Continue reading
DB transfers;- we understand the crime – but not the causes of crime.
The FCA has published the second of its analyses of the DB transfer market which shows how the trend to “de-risk” DB liabilities by buying out liabilities through CETVs has continued apace. This article argues that – blameworthy … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged actuaries, Bankers, BSPS, CETV, corporate advisers, de-risking, FCA
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RBS remains a national disgrace. It will reach a “milestone” when it shows itself sorry.
There has been some good banter on linked off the back of my blog on hand-outs to kids. The Resolution Foundation’s proposals to up taxes for those working longer and hand-out a tidy wedge to kids (to get them owning … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, pensions
Tagged Bankers, Julian Richer, Micky Clark, RBS, Resolution foundation, wake up to money
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Why we have no time for “Banker Immunity”.
We have not seen bankers marched in handcuffs from their desks but now it seems we might. The regulators have put-out a consultation paper that seeks to pin accountability on Directors (including non-executive Directors). A good friend of mine … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, Fiduciary Management, Financial Conduct Authority
Tagged Bankers, Bonus, Business, Business and Economy, corporate risk, Crime, Employment, FCA, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, governance, London, Non-Executive, PRA, Prison, regulation, Treasury, United States
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A tale of two Cities
Have you ever turned up at a place and realised you shouldn’t be there – but stayed anyway just to see what it was like? That’s what happened to me yesterday. I went to an event about … Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, Blogging, London, Treasury, welfare
Tagged Bankers, Banking, Boris Johnson, Business, City of London, Employment, England, Eversheds, London, Mark Boleat, Poverty, Will Hutton
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I’m in- who’s out?
I’m serving up a dish which may have gone cold in your inbox or may not have reached you at all. Personally I’m not concerned about opt-out rates, even if they crept above the 9% generally advertised. That Ceridian … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, Bankers, brand, Change, corporate governance, Payroll, pensions
Tagged Asset management, Bankers, BNP Paribas, Business, Business and Economy, Ceridian, dc pensions, Employment, FCA, Government, Insurance, pension, Pension new
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How pensions are impacted by the bank bonus culture
State Street need something better than the “need and greed” culture that fostered these frauds and Mastertrusts and IGCs need something better than the toothless response to these excesses Continue reading
Posted in Bankers, State Street, target date funds
Tagged Bank, Bankers, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, State Street
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Interesting….spin is self-defeating
every time we say one thing and mean another, we are creating distrust in the person who we are talking or writing to Continue reading