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An Australian vision for our pensions – perfect for a Boxing Day!
Today sees a Boxing Day match between England and Australia at cricket (Australia have a first innings lead of 42). On this blog there’s a match between Tom McPhail and Bec Wilson and you can read Tom’s innings here. Bec’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Basic State Pension, BecWilson, state pension, Tom McPhail
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Why we can’t have “Super-style” private pensions and a gold plated state pension
Yesterday I wrote about early retirement for the super-worker, for the men who make it to 65 with 45 years of state pension credits who might want to draw a lower pension for longer. Let’s say it’s a pension with … Continue reading
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Tagged Basic State Pension, DWP, Jacob rees-mogg, loafer, state pension
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The impact of inflation on those with lowest pensions.
Inflation is at a thirty year high. It will hurt the poor much harder than the rich. This is why. Woke up this morning to the radio talking about the cost of living rising a further 5%. It infuriates me … Continue reading
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Tagged Basic State Pension, benefits, CDC, Drawdown, state, state benefits
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The year pensions became real again
Pensions – real money Pension money is real money. It belongs to real people and is used to pay real bills, putting fuel into cars, buying flowers in supermarkets and paying for tickets to watch shows and sports matches. … Continue reading
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Tagged Basic State Pension, Business, DWP, Employment, Financial services, George Osborne, National Employment Savings Trust, National Insurance, national insurance contributions, pension, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pension playpen, pension rights, pensions, Retirement, stakeholder pensions, state pension, Steve Webb
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Hope yet for AonHewitt
I oughtn’t to like Aon. Weirdly I do;- but in the kind of way that google likes the Encyclopedia Brittanica. Aon is an American owned consultancy that feeds the insatiable maw of Man United, it is becoming a fiduciary manager … Continue reading
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Tagged Aon, aonhewitt, Basic State Pension, CDC, Pension Freedoms, Yeovil Town, YTFC
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What employers want to help them choose their pension.
The Pension Regulator has commissioned some research on what small employers want from pensions. I can share with you some of the key findings “48% of small and 79% of micro employers currently have no pension scheme so will have … Continue reading
The value of the triple-lock,
No doubt there will be many commentators who will sneer at this promise of Cameron’s. I will not be one of them. Continue reading
This is no country for old women
I haven’t been a great fan of academic pensions research or researchers for that matter. The research is typically a big whinge about people not getting a fair deal, the researchers comfortably cocooned in university sponsored sinecures or pensions. So I … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Basic State Pension, Business, dc pensions, Directive (European Union), Employment, Greece, Noel Whiteside, pension, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Royal Statistical Society, social media, Society, UK State Pension, University of Warwick
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Pension Corporation points the way to “ambitious pensions”
A timely report arrived yesterday from the Pension Corporation estimating that the cost of replacing a standard DB benefit structure using DC had risen to 55% of salary. PIC’s business model is based on managing out DB plans on a … Continue reading
Happiness and harm
Time will tell whether the Coalition Government has created a credible and sustainable system which allows us to measure and understand “government finances and the structure of the State”.
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Tagged Basic State Pension, David Cameron, dc pensions, Diane Coyle, Economics, Frank Field, John Stuart Mill, NEST, pension, Pension Poverty, pensions, Poverty, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Society, Treasury
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