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MAS goes it alone to provide an “at retirement advisor directory”.
The Money Advice Service has been consulting over the past few months on what a Directory of IFAs might look like. This consultation was spurred by the imminent launch of the Guidance Guarantee which will generate requests for financial advice. … Continue reading
Posted in Money Advice Service, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged advice, annuity, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, Defined benefit pension plan, Directory, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Government, Guidance Guidance Guarantee, IFA, MAS, Money Advice Service, pension playpen, Retirement, Steve Webb
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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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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
To the Pitch Final we shall go – @PensionPlayPen – #thePitch14!
Thursday October 23rd is another red letter day for Pension PlayPen. By day we are Pitching to be Britain’s #1 start up in 2014, by night we are up for a brace of awards at the Grange Hotel competing to … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged #Pitch14, auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, pension, pension playpen, pensions, Pitch, Retirement, the Pitch
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In defence of genius.
Genius is not just misunderstood – it is persecuted. Those who didn’t get Copernicus, Galileo, Wordsworth or Darwin did not ignore these genius’, they set out to do them in. Bob Dylan when he laid out his Highway 61 album … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, CDC, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Actuary, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, corporate governance, dc pensions, Derek Benstead, DWP, Financial services, GAD, Genius, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pensions Minister, Retirement, Steve Webb, Steve Webb MP, twitter
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Don’t get fooled by the phoney pension giveaway
The phoney give-away The most accurate measure for the success of private pensions in the UK is the replacement ratio; a measure of what percentage of people’s pre-retirement income is replaced by savings specifically for retirement. Steve Webb and the … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Politics, Public sector pensions
Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, corporate governance, corporate risk, DB, dc pensions, defined benefit, DWP, Employment, Financial services, George Osborne, Government, inheritance, Osborne, pension, pensions, Politics, pooling, Retirement
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“My pension offer” – explaining CDC to a confused public!
John Ralfe has been expressing his frustration that none of the CDC champions have made him a two page offer to tell him what a CDC pension offer might look like. I’ve not done this yet, partly because I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, CDC, pensions, with-profits, workplace pensions
Tagged annuities, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, collective, DC Defined Contributions, Defined benefit pension plan, Drawdown, DWP, Employment, Financial services, flexible drawdown, Flumps, Government, Human Resources, Insurance, NEST, pension, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement
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Making sense of the Budget’s Pension Changes
Everyone knows that the changes in the taxation of pensions announced in the budget and now working their way into law – are going to make a big difference. But just how will they affect you and what can you … Continue reading
Posted in Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Budget, Budget14, Business, Business and Economy, Chancellor, corporate risk, dc pensions, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Tax
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“Educated beyond their intelligence”
Denis Skinner’s recent gibe at Tory Ministers ,and George Osborne in particular, is brilliant (even if the phrase was coined by another). For me- it will be a defining epithet for the coalition- it sums up the best and worst … Continue reading
“Retirement reforms and the Guidance Guarantee” – The Pension PlayPen’s response
This is the Pension PlayPen submission to the FCA’s consultation CP14/11 Pension PlayPen is a website dedicated to helping small employers and their advisers find good quality workplace pension plans. It was founded in 2013 by Henry Tapper with … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, Financial Conduct Authority, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Consultation, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, FCA, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Guidance Guarantee, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement
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