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Not just an archbishop but a Christian CEO – Sarah Mullaly needs a miracle with pensions!

Sarah Mulally looks more to me like the Church of England’s first CEO ,, not just its first female archbishop. The CoE has all the making of a failing business, dare I compare it to the Royal Mail?  It’s big … Continue reading

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BP must “return to its Code of Conduct” – and how it spends its member’s pension surplus.

BP has ditched another CEO and will have a new one in April. Here is comment from Stephen Rees. Members of the BP Action Group are not short of a voice, they have created a BP Pensioner Group to ensure … Continue reading

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When can we have a Chair for our Pensions Regulator?

Case one – the Chair debacle What a total mess is the appointment of the  Chair of the Pensions Regulator. Over the weekend I was startled that the TPR was advertising for someone to review pensions policy who knew nothing … Continue reading

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“Oh Rose thou art sick”

  I don’t know Alison Rose , I know one of her former  (female) Board colleagues  I suspect that Rose’s resignation last night as  NatWest’s CEO will be met with frustration It is one thing to get women to a … Continue reading

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Delivering the difficult second album ; a tough gig for Nausicaa Delfas

  This lunchtime I will be travelling to Brighton for a meeting in TPR’s new offices with Nausicaa Delfas, TPR’s CEO and the woman calling for a change in mindset from the pensions industry. I’ve two aims. Firstly to understand … Continue reading

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Industry mindset shift needed to deliver value for pension savers

12 July 2023 / Guest post from Nausicaa Delfas, CEO of the Pensions Regulator Investing for a pension is often the only and largest investment people make. Savers rely on the pension system working as hard as it can to … Continue reading

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USS – Con Keating

    I do not envy the task of the new CEO of USS, though I must state that I have no insight who this might be. Over the past decade, the governance of USS has degenerated into a disgrace, … Continue reading

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Asleep in a meeting? The FCA’s new consumer duty starts at the top.

  I have no reason to doubt Al Rush of Philippa Hann’s account of a 2019 meeting with then FCA boss’ Andrew Bailey. Al claims that “there were a number of times when his [Bailey] head dropped and he had … Continue reading

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“I’ve a PHD in economics – not gloomy economics” Wilson at #PLSAannual19

Our great cities aren’t overbuilt but under demolished- says Nigel Wilson of @LGIM #PLSAannual19 pic.twitter.com/qAeQWimbvz — Pension Plowman (@henryhtapper) October 16, 2019 For me the highlight of day one of the PLSA Annual Conference was Nigel Wilson’s keynote – “The … Continue reading

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The CEO and the janitor

They don’t get it, they don’t trust you, they think you are pulling the wool over their eyes. Continue reading

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