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Tag Archives: CDC
“Safe as Houses” – Con Keating on investment and speculation
This piece by Con Keating was first published in Professional Pensions In early 2020, in order to explore the potential for Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) pensions, I began an extensive project to investigate the investment performance of the major asset … Continue reading
Eri-tation ; time to come clean on DC pensions.
Eritability Of all the time wasted talking about pension dashboards, the time wasted on “estimated retirement income” irks me most. It is not the sight of actuaries arguing over annuity and growth rates that irks me , it’s that the … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, CDC, Dashboard
Tagged CDC, Dashboard, M3, master trust, Royal Mail, SPP
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David Farrar leaves the DWP to join Nest.
Anyone who has known David Farrar in his 7 years as senior policy manager for the DWP will wish him well as he joins Nest to work on climate change, responsible investment and other evolving policy areas. His DWP occupational … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Climate change, David Farrar, DWP, NEST, Pensions, TCFD
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IFAs looking for alternatives to drawdown
I’ve been following a debate on twitter which includes several friends. Following rather than participating as I suspect I would express myself too vehemently and spoil the delicate balance that has been maintained between skepticism and endorsement of a third … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Andy Young, annuity, CDC, dave brooks, Drawdown, Hilary Salt, Rob reid
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Con Keating’s CDC Question time
This note responds to the questions raised by members of the audience of the webinar: Fair, Sufficient and Sustainable Collective Defined Contribution Pensions; It quotes them anonymously, verbatim, and then offers responses. It is worth bearing in mind that in … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, CDC, Con Keating, DWP, Employment, pension, Pension new
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Keating moves the dial towards collective DC pensions.
The work done by Iain Clacher and Con Keating on creating a consistent framework for a fair , sufficient and sustainable way of returning to funded pension provision is too important to sit on an academic bookshelf. We have DC … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, CDC
Tagged AgeWage, CDC, Con Keating, Michael Mainelli, Wage in retirement
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The prospect of fair, sufficient and sustainable pensions; miracle or mirage?
In a very short time , Pension PlayPen’s coffee mornings have achieved a regular following of 100 or so pension professionals, keen to hear and share views on critical pension issues. Steve Goddard has assembled a group of Pension All … Continue reading
Get up to speed with two free webinars on CDC
I would like to draw your attention to two free webinar events on CDC both involving my friend and mentor Con Keating. The first is part of the Z-Yen series and features Con, and will be chaired by Professor Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Con Keating, David Fairs, Michael Mainelli, pension playpen, TPR, z/Yen
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“It’s all about the framing” – Stefan Lundbergh on ‘de-risking’ our pension pots
This article was first published on linked in It’s well worth following Stefan and indeed linking in to him as he has a range of good articles on that platform. A new one is coming on pension choice – always … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage
Tagged CDC, dc, NOW Pensions, pension pot, Stefan Lundbergh
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CDC and Individual DC Outcomes – Iain Clacher and Con Keating
As a prelude to considering notional contribution allocation within a CDC scheme, it is worth asking the question as to how a 64-year-old and 24-year-old might have fared had they been in individual DC rather than in collective DC … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, dc pensions, de-risking
Tagged Accrual, Car, CDC, Con Keating, Iain Clacher, IDC
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