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Where else can you ask questions to LCP partners about collective pensions for free?

Join us at 10.30 am on Tuesday September 8th for a cracking conversation with two of Britain’s top CDC consultants. I am aware of charge-out rates for top consultants at top consultancies and I’m amazed that two such – Helen … Continue reading

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Lets see the challenging “CDC” collective pensions given some air!

A good article from Alex Levey and Professional Pensions which we at Pensions Mutual will discuss and take onboard Trustees should prepare for changes to governance and decision-making from collective defined contribution (CDC) arrangements, Zedra says. The pension service provider … Continue reading

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“Does CDC fit with the Government’s priorities?” Mr Boulding politely answers “yes”

    My friend and soon to be my competitor as CDC Proprietor, here’s Adrian Boulding. Brilliant as usual on Andy Burnham It’s been an exciting time for politics, with a new Prime Minister arriving at Downing Street, several new … Continue reading

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When Torsten Bell kicked off the workplace Collective Pension CDC

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Who and what’s included at the 2026 Pension UK Annual Conference

To read the agenda of this year’s Pension UK Annual Conference you might not think that there is any demand to discuss collective pensions  (CDC) at all. Delegates will have to wait till the final hours of a three day … Continue reading

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Patronising stuff about collective pensions from Mrs Schroders.

Rachel Harris speaks for Schroders and explains this strange CDC thing to readers. Firms which may have a more paternalistic or “avuncular” approach to its retirement scheme members may be more likely to take up the adoption of collective defined … Continue reading

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Reform have driven down a pension cul-de-sac; it’ll be tricky reversing out.

The Reform view of pensions is hypocritical in the extreme. My friends at Prospect Union point this out with greater force than I can How hypocritical can you get? Reform MPs want to close public service pension schemes for millions … Continue reading

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Callum Stewart joins the queue wanting a change of name for CDC.

This is not having a go at Callum Stewart, quite the opposite, I am in the queue somewhere myself! What’s going on when people talk names (nomenclature if you’re posh) is to try to compress thinking into a word or … Continue reading

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Cowardly capitalism blocks the free flow of transfers.

I do not want to make a crisis out of a drama , but we are having a bit of a drama on this blog about whether we are taking bulk transfers from DC schemes seriously. I have stated that … Continue reading

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Pensions don’t lead to inheritance tax for anyone – it’s the pots that are the problem

There are now four ways of avoiding inheritance tax with your pension pot (s) you’ve saved over your work career If you are within a year of joining a public service* pension you can swap your pot for pension based … Continue reading

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