Tag Archives: Brightwell

Running a pension scheme for growth. Does it really have to be this hard?

Being away from the City , I get a perspective on the mood of pension schemes and if pension schemes are at last aware that they and the members of their schemes are being ripped off by  buy-out – then … Continue reading

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The Michelle and Morten show at parliament- impressive but to the point?

The General Committee’s meetings with 23 “experts” has something a little celebratory about it. This one with Michelle Ostermann and Brightwell’s Morten Nilsson has  got a TV “couples show” written all over it. This is Michelle introducing herself but she … Continue reading

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UK businesses eager to put pension scheme surplus to work – Brightwell

I moan a lot about “salesmen” because almost all the selling in our business is by people like me. It’s too male and reliant on experience. So when a bright young female swims into view, I want to point her … Continue reading

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Innovation in DB – Brightwell making pensions easier.

You are probably bored by my calling for more innovative use of Defined Benefit pensions to help savers exchange pots for pensions. This blog is not about that, it is about the tricky experience of becoming a pensioner after a … Continue reading

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I went for a GMP makeover at Brightwell

  A group of large pension schemes are launching what they claim to be a free service communicating changes to Guaranteed Minimum Pensions. I went to find how. There are many exciting things happening in pensions but changes to Guaranteed … Continue reading

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I’m going for a GMP makeover at lunchtime.

A group of large pension schemes are launching what they claim to be a free service communicating changes to Guaranteed Minimum Pensions. I’m about to find out more. There are many exciting things happening in pensions but changes to Guaranteed … Continue reading

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