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Tomorrow’s problems today..the OFT on pensions
Answers on an e-postcard to http://www.oft.gov.uk/OFTwork/markets-work/pensions Continue reading
Cobblers shoes – how an adviser selects a pension for its staff
If we can find a pension provider that knows what “good” is, I will be pleased. But I worry whether that may be as much a challenge for us. Continue reading
Reading through the palm of my hand
To suppose that we will be purchasing financial services in 2014 as we did five years ago or even today could be a mistake. Walk down your high street and the only discretionary businesses are social clubs (coffes shops hairdressers and nail bars) – oh … Continue reading
Posted in brand, customer service, dc pensions, Management, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Business and Economy, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Mobile phone, Motorola, Nokia, Smartphone
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The solid value of insurance
“The people I talk to full into one of two categories, either you’ve built up some money and want to hang onto it, or you are looking to .” That was our opening gambit when we met with prospects. I … Continue reading
Pensions dead by 2050 – taking the Michael?
The Daily Telegraph, which through Richard Evans has started writing sharp and provocative articles on pensions, came out with a corker just before Christmas. I read it on the beach and nearly choked on my sangria! Here it is in … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Australia, auto-enrolment, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, de-risking, defined aspiration, Henry Tapper blog, NEST, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Treasury, with-profits
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Business and Economy, Christmas, corporate governance, corporate risk, Daily Telegraph, DC Comics, dc pensions, Employment, Financial literacy, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Poverty, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Saving, social media, Steve Webb
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Tsunami – make haste to higher ground!
You don’t need to be particularly clever to work out that in 2013 and 2014 , there are going to be a lot of purchasing decisions by employers if the “victorious” unblemished start to auto-enrolment is to be continued among … Continue reading
Your 10 frequently asked pension questions
Is Aviva a bus or a pension company? If I am entitled, am I eligible for a company contribution? If I am eligible, am I an entitled worker? Why has Gregg McClymont got so many consonants in his name? Why has … Continue reading
Challenging “received ideas”
Psittacism is the act of repeating something parrot fashion and I’ve seen a lot of it in the past couple of days. Received ideas are concepts that have been so often repeated that they can hardly be challenged. We know when we … Continue reading
“The Employer’s Duty”
We talk blithely of the employer’s duties as if these obligations were pre-ordained. Economic Liberals may ask how we got to a world in which the Pension Regulator can issue a document entitled “Employer Duties and defining the workforce – an … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, Bankers, dc pensions, Financial Education, FSA, Henry Tapper blog, leadership, Management, pension playpen, pensions, poetry, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged Business and Economy, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, William Blake
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Why we mustn’t let the Royal Mail “pension solution” become a precedent
In Pension Age’s May edition, Paddy Briggs argued that the member’s best interests were not being served by the Government’s “sequestration” of the assets of the Royal Mail’s pension fund. Roger Turner produced a cogent riposte in your July/August issue … Continue reading