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Tag Archives: Britain
It’s not just what you save, it’s the way you invest it – that’s what gets results
Bananarama and the Funboy Three do not figure on my Spotify playlists , they supplied us with some annoying earworms and the inspiration for this blog but ‘Tain’t What You Do (It’s the Way That You Do It) is a … Continue reading
Is Britain full up?
Reading the Office of National Statistics “National Population Projection“, I’d answer that question “no”. If anything it seems we are not growing as a population as fast as we’d expected. The UK’s population is projected to increase by 3 million … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Blogging, pensions
Tagged AgeWage, Brexit, Britain, ONS, Population, predictions, projections
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Is there wisdom in saving?
Thanks to Dave Thompson who sent me this random picture, presumably with a hope of an answer! I suspect its a teaser for Pensions Awareness Day – which is now just a fortnight away! Well here goes Dave, I’m going … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Australia, Britain, pensions, Reasonable Force, Retirement, Wisdom
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An Apple a day, 700 reasons not to stay!
General angst, everywhere but here! There are a lot of people getting very angry about the EU’s determination that Apple should be paying Euro 13bn in tax to the Irish Government. Apple aren’t happy at the prospect of corporate profits … Continue reading
Hilary Salt gets a touch of the William Blakes!
Arise you actuaries from your slumber (guest blog from Hilary Salt) I’ve found the last few weeks exhilarating. For the first time in perhaps 30 years, there’s been a real political debate in Britain. A debate where it clearly mattered … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged actuaries, Brexit, Britain, CDC, Hilary Salt, pensions, Politics
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Britain unproductive? Small wonder!
“Now is not the time to change pensions tax relief”. The words of the Treasury’s press release that spelt the end of radical pensions reform (for now). Oh what an opportunity missed – and for what? To keep a party … Continue reading
Who’s risk is it anyway? How Canada and Britain are dumping pension risk
I’m off to Manhattan to talk to a couple of hundred Canadian pension experts. This is broadly what is going to be said, I’ll be sharing the stage with a couple of Canadian pension experts and (if you open the presentation), … Continue reading
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Tagged ageing, auto enrolment, Britain, Canada, CDC, dc pensions, de-risking, Pension Risk, pension.pensions, re-risking, Risk
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Do you want to be a Pension PlayPen Agent?
If you fancy helping your clients to get the right workplace pension to suit their payroll and provide best outcomes for their staff, you should register as an agent at http://www.pensionplaypen.com/register . Helping your clients to use our service doesn’t … Continue reading
If I were Steve Webb..
tomorrow I must pretend to be Steve Webb and speak to an NAPF group as if I were him Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions, steve webb
Tagged Andy Seed, Britain, Employment, Financial services, NAPF, pension, Steve, Steve Webb, Tower Hill
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