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The Government’s chance to extend accrual in funded pensions.

  I hear that the recently endowed universities are suffering from the pinch of fixed revenues and increasing costs. Revenues for tuition fees have been pegged for a decade while inflation has hit running costs, especially staff costs. To make … Continue reading

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“A word in your ear about pensions, Jeremy”

    “Jeremy, as your new number two, I’m supposed to be getting my feet under the table right now, but I couldn’t help noticing you have an autumn statement to make next week and since I didn’t get my … Continue reading

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Royal Mail cannot miss more of its pension delivery targets

I worry for Royal Mail, I really do. News that it is failing to meet basic targets on the delivery of mail, arrives hot off the press from the BBC, Royal Mail told the BBC its quality of service had … Continue reading

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CDC needs a business plan

I spent 90 minutes on a call with the RSA CDC Forum as a guest. I am a member of the RSA and a “Friend of CDC” but am not on the Forum because there is no business case for … Continue reading

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Private equity in open ended funds, can’t avoid the law of gravity

Here is an important article  published in the FT that questions the validity of the valuations of private equity , especially as it impacts the pensions we get. A credibility problem for pension schemes The FT team who wrote the … Continue reading

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Putting our money where the Chancellor’s mouth is.

  After a week of hearing how hard it will be to invest in growth capital. I am relieved to hear that the British Business Bank is planning to help pension funds invest in venture capital using its considerable  intellectual … Continue reading

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Why my new policy is not to rely on pension policy!

A lot of what we have been discussing with regards pensions this year has been “policy dependent”. We need Government to adopt a policy and then legislate for it and we hope that some of the good ideas that the … Continue reading

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CDC – a personal perspective

  Yesterday I published a very passionate denouncement of the ABI which unsurprisingly hasn’t pleased the ABI. My beef is based on 15 years of frustration getting to a point where Government has promoted CDC as a Mansion House Reform … Continue reading

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The ABI’s attempt to smear CDC – flops

The ABI should be feeling pretty pleased with itself. Last week, its Director of Policy, Yvonne Braun, told  the Work and Pensions committee that it seen off the consolidators. As a result, its members can now choose which overfunded DB … Continue reading

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Is the disruption over? Can the annuity be challenged? We think so!

The great CDC Debate with Arun, Henry , Simon and Stefan https://t.co/XjmC8sv5Qb via @YouTube — Henry Tapper (@henryhtapper) September 4, 2023 Anyone looking for a unilaterally agreed solution to the problems we are having turning pots to pensions, shouldn’t spend … Continue reading

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