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Isn’t “value for money” too late for DC workplace saving?
I enjoyed Kirby Rappell’s explanation of how his firm -” SuperRatings”- has succeeded in Australia providing consumers with value for money ratings on their “pensions”. You can hear him talking to Nico and Darren here on the latest podcast (#142) … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, CDC, CDC Code, DWP, FCA, Financial services, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, Pensions, Retirement, TPR, VFM, workplace savings
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A wake up and a shake up for advisers and trustees in their “end game”
Two amendments are going through the House of Lords, framed by Baroness Altmann of Tottenham. I am proud to have played a part in this work but recognise the bulk of the momentum has been created by Stagecoach’s DB Pension, … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Business and Economy, CDC, corporate risk, DB, dc, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann, TPR, VFM, workplace Pensions
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SASA – (Stagecoach Aberdeen Scheme Adoption) – the video and deck
If you missed this coffee morning presentation from John , you are in luck. It’s with you below, with a download if you want to share it – here. If you want to see the slides they are below and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aberdeen, Business, corporate governance, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, FCA, Government, pension, pension playpen, Pensions, Retirement, SASA, Stagecoach
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The pension industry will leave it till 2029 , hoping CDC fails
In focus: Green light for retirement-only CDC Minister for pensions Torsten Bell says: “Too often people approaching retirement are left navigating complex choices and shoulder risks they shouldn’t have to face alone. By expanding CDC to more employers and consulting … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, CDC, dc pensions, DWP, Pension new, Pension Regulator, Pensions, politics, Retirement, TPR
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Richard Jones at Pension PlayPen today? Yes please!
How good it is to have someone I want to see , doing the promoting on his social feed! and then see it again? But you could stick with your local blog The meeting will be all the more pertinent … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Government, Nick Jones, pension playpen, Pensions, TPR
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An AI bubble popping? The FT expect one, I want a pension not a pot!
Not one but two pension journalists pick up the cudgels and go for Artificial Intelligence as a bubble to blow up. This of course matters to most British savers who are invested in the USA, in the 7 mega stocks … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, CDC, DWP, ft, kirk, Mary Macdougall, McDougall, Nasdaq, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST
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We don’t need austerity, we need to invest and grow
Martin Woolf has produced an econium to growth and posted it in the FT. People care about their standard of living. Democracy is simply far stronger if it is possible for everybody to become better off. Growth provides that. … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensions, Business, Ecopnium, Employment, Government, growth, Investment, Martin Woolf, pension, Pensions, Tax, Treasury, workplace Pensions
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CDC – we “stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start”.
I am pleased with the news that Parliament will have legislation set before it on Thursday tomorrow, which will allow the CDC on a whole of life basis to go ahead. A consultation about at retirement CDC will follow shortly. … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, annuity, Business, CDC, Con Keating, dc, pension, TPR, workplace Pensions
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A big question of Commonwealth emerges in our pension investment
The FT examines the empathy between Canada and British investment of pension schemes. In an article this morning with London’s Mary McDougall and Ilya Gridneff in Toronto Like the UK, Canada has been examining how to channel more pension assets to … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Business, Canada, Commonwealth, DWP, Financial services, ft, pension playpen, Pensions, Retirement, USA
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Empathy not sympathy with wanting “cash now pension later”!
My normal readership on Linked in is 40,000. Tom McPhail added nearly 5,000 to the number. It’s great that Tom can write in a way that gets people reading but I suspect that when that subtle grin appears upon that … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP
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sorry - didn’t intend that to be anonymous Julius Pursaill