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Tag Archives: Brighton
Pensions before politics!
It must be odd to hear your job is up for grabs in six weeks time. Even with a 10,000 majority, Richard Harrington MP – our Pensions Minister – must have been a little flustered by the announcement from … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Brighton, estate agents, football, Pensions Dashboard, Property, property rights, simon kirby, Treasury, watford
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More thoughts on the future of the Pensions Regulator.
Yesterday , Professional Pensions advertised my blog “two into one can go” under the more contentious headline “why tPR has had its day“. I’ve given Jack Jones editorial licence and the headline’s fine with me. It was a bad … Continue reading
Posted in FCA, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Brighton, Business, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, FCA, Financial services, IGC, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regualtor, Retirement, Steve Webb, TPR
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Andrew Young – 65 not out – a pensions legend!
Andrew Young is the Pension Regulator’s Strategy Director, he is the go to guy in UK pensions if you want to understand the implications of Government Policy. He has been a mentor to me since I first met him … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Andrew Young, Andy Young, Brighton, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, DWP, Front Room, Front Room Restaraunt, GAD, pensions, Retirement, Seafor, Society, Steve Webb
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How HMRC passes the buck on Pension Liberation Fraud
The only people who seem to be being dumped on are occupational pension trustees. Continue reading
Those Dutch Pensions – a Civil Servant writes
I get some feedback on my blogs from people I know who don’t want to or aren’t allowed to go public. Here’s an example from a formidable figure and a personal friend (who I know/hope has the skin or a rhino … Continue reading
Footie chants – malicious or otherwise
let’s give ourselves a round of applause and not inflame any more bonfires. Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Yeovil Town
Tagged Brighton, Huish Park, Leeds, Norwich, Somerset, Tuesday, Yeovil, Yeovil True
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Bill – get some DC resource into the Regulator now!
Bill, t tPR need a gong-worthy head of DC asap. Continue reading
Extending a hand to the Regulator
Saturday morning allows me time to expand on some hurried thoughts in my post The Regulator, wisdom and the crowd. Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, dc pensions, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Brighton, Canary Wharf, corporate governance, dc pensions, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, Pension Play Pen, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pension Regulator, Pensions, pensions, Regulator, Whitehall
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The Regulator, wisdom and the crowd
The Pension Regulator, it needs be said , did not have a good Professional Pension Show. Things started well enough with a keynote speech that laid out its 2012 agenda Get DB solvent Get DC sorted Get Auto-Enrolment in Simples… And that … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Fiduciary Management, Liability Driven Investment, NEST
Tagged annuity, Bill Galvin, bribery act, Brighton, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, Fiduciary Management, Financial services, Government, Human Resources, Keynote, Liability Driven Investment, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension Regulator, Trusteeweb, William F. Galvin
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Con climbs up Pigsah
And he went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho.”. Deuteronomy 34:1
