Tag Archives: CDC
Nobody notices the changes to pension law this Government is bringing in – WHY NOT?
If you read the press , you will hear what this Government has got wrong but not much about what it is doing right. There is no mention of the workplace pensions that it’s getting right! This from this morning’s … Continue reading
Good governance yes – prudent growth assumptions for CDC – no thanks!
This is the summary of what TPR’s CEO , Nausicaa Delfas said at the Her speech at the Association of Consulting Actuaries’ 75th anniversary Chair’s dinner You can read the text of the speech here. A purely DC savings system … Continue reading
CDC; a workplace pension or just another way to “decumulate”?
This is your INVITATION to a Pension PlayPen Coffee Morning – CPD is included It’s Online – it’s on Teams and it’s on Tuesday 28th April 2026 at 10.30 am What do the boys believe? Henry Tapper and Chris … Continue reading
From Pensions UK to CDC ; from St Johnstone to St Andrews
I enjoy the passion of those who comment on my blog. I am amazed by the quantity, quality and diversity of comment that I get over social media. Mostly through anonymous comment on my blog and occasionally from the irrepressible … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, DB, Dunfermiline, Jnamdoc, Pensions, Pensions Oldie, Pensions UK, Serek Scott, social media, St Andrews
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I give up on VFM for pensions and so does Guy Opperman, I like the guy!
I don’t suppose that former Minister Guy Opperman knew he would be reported at the Aptia conference yesterday. He works for them a couple of days a month and was delivering the kind of comments that would have gone down … Continue reading
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Tagged Aptia, Business, CDC, DWP, FCA, Guy Opperman, pension, Pensions, Retirement, TPR, Value for Money, VFM
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April 2026, 6 months from October when the pension dashboard should be ready!
I was like 500 others attending by phone, laptop or desktop the Pensions Dashboard update. I will not take the wind out of Richard Smith’s sails. I follow him, his sails are taking me (I hope) to where the Dashboard … Continue reading
DC workplace pensions can try to eat the CDC mouse, but Tom never got to swallow Jerry!
This is an interesting post from Joe Dabrowski formerly of Pensions UK now of Smart. I was surprised when I went to the Edinburgh Investment Conference that there was not one session devoted to the work pension CDC that is … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Chris Blackmore, Dabrowski, Derek scott, Jerry, Joe, Pensions, Smart Pensions, Tom
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The nastiest problem facing master trusts – designed for workplace saving (not retirement spending)
This blog is about the reasons pension master trusts are struggling to pay pensions. The individuals above are Christoph Hirt and Laura Johns whose report for Pi Partnership can be read here. The first workplace master trust to matter was … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, decumulation, master trust, Pensions, retirement income, Standard Life
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Are Nest’s low earning customers really wanting to invest for their retirement?
Nest Insight research shows millions more low earners could be investing My guess is that the millions want to save for a pension but not invest for their retirement. I see a lot of enthusiasm among adults in the UK … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, corporate adviser, NEST, NEST insight, Pensions, state pension
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BOE “expert” scorns his Government’s CDC reform; should we have pensions like his?
I woke on a Saturday morning to this comment from someone who works at the Bank of England. It was in response to my congratulatory blog that Mercer finally have a lead consultant to promote CDC. You can read … Continue reading