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Tag Archives: CETV
Weathering the Storm
Iain Clacher & Con Keating As part of our Funding Code research, we searched for academic or practitioner papers covering long-term expected returns forecasts. We were particularly interested in the ex post accuracy of these forecasts. We found none which … Continue reading
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Posted in actuaries, advice gap, age wage, pension genome, pensions, risk
Tagged #USS, CETV, DB transfers, ppf, Ralph nader, USS
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Why I don’t support LCP and Royal London’s calls to boost DB transfer advice
LCP and Royal London jointly presented to an audience of 300 industry professionals yesterday on the vexed topic of “helping members get transfer advice”. The webinar can be watched here and as you’d expect from these organisations, this was … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, age wage
Tagged #pensions, CETV, DB transfers, Pension Freedoms, Pensions
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Shouldn’t pensions “stay at home”?
Should we stop transfers for the next 6 months? Yields are down, markets are down, has there ever been such a time to transfer your pension rights? That’s what many people may be thinking and if you were a … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, age wage, FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged CETV, FCA, Pensions, Ros Altmann, TPR, transfer-value
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Putting “transfer” in employer’s heads
Since 2012, the industry has self regulated pension transfer exercises where employers offer staff a financial incentive, to quit good quality schemes. Industry leaders are now calling for the Govt to intervene after saying self-regulation is failing https://t.co/sSwvLQG94A — Josephine … Continue reading
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FCA plan to get tough on poor transfer advice
Two unexpected things happened yesterday; SJP’s candidate for the “fireside chat” with the FCA – went sick (with no replacement offered) and the FCA published their market- wide data results for defined benefit transfers. Together this meant my fireside chat … Continue reading
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Contingent charging – “commission” by another name?
Along with Al Rush, Jo Cumbo , Michelle Cracknell – I was interviewed yesterday by the BBC Moneybox team for a Christmas special on pension transfers. It’s always good doing these things as it forces you to say what you … Continue reading
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Some odd things about partial transfers.
There’s a debate going on between Al Rush, Jo Cumbo, Steve Webb and a number of others with regards partial transfers from defined benefit schemes. Want to go 50:50 with a “final salary” pension transfer? Ford will soon let employees … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, BSPS, pensions
Tagged CETV, pension, Pension Transfer, Royal London, Steve Webb, transfers
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Will a “Transfer Value Comparator” work?
t DB transfer activity has begun to stabilise, with far more transfers being quoted and taken every quarter compared with the position before the new freedom and choice flexibilities were introduced by the Government in 2015. Bart Huby LCP Aug … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, BSPS, pensions
Tagged CETV, LCP, pensions, Royal London, Steve Webb, Transfer Value Comparator, TVC
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Are some schemes over-paying on Transfer Values?
Royal London have requested and got the notorious letter sent earlier this year to certain schemes perceived to be vulnerable to pension transfers. It includes the following sections. There is nothing new about this guidance; Steve Webb is spot on … Continue reading
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Recognition for Al Rush and for Chive, but have we learned Port Talbot’s lessons?
It was good that Chive received recognition from the IFA community at last night’s Money Marketing Awards. The final award of the evening is the Outstanding Contribution Award sponsored by @RoyalLondon #MMAwards2018 — Money Marketing (@_moneymarketing) June 21, 2018 It … Continue reading
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Posted in actuaries, annuity, pensions
Tagged BSPSP, CETV, pensions, Port Talbot, transfers
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