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Tag Archives: CETV
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
Posted in actuaries, annuity, pensions
Tagged BSPSP, CETV, pensions, Port Talbot, transfers
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Lessons from Port Talbot – webinar – 26th June
Transfer values from DB schemes tripled in 2017 to £34.2bn. Transfer values are fundamentally changing the cashflow profile of many defined benefit schemes and bringing new challenges for trustees and employers. Last year, the highest profile transfer value activity was … Continue reading
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Tagged Active Wealth, BSPS, CETV, Dodgy, IFA, pensions, Port Talbot
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If we can’t measure CETV take up, how can we manage it?
There’s a well known phrase “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it”. The Government can’t measure the extent of DB transfers and I conclude that they can’t govern the transfer process until they do. Here’s the … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged CETV, FCA, ft, pensions, professional pensions, TPR, Transfer
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What now for the new BSPS and its members?
I was sent an announcement yesterday about the new British Steel Pension Scheme. It’s a complicated message and I’ve tried to add comments that explain what each paragraph means in a little easier way. My comments are in green. They … Continue reading
What I’ll be looking for from the 2018 IGC chair statements
2018 and all that It’s IGC reporting season again and I’ll be looking to have answers to four questions this year. So here are my questions (more hope than expectation). If you’re making a value for money, what … Continue reading
Posted in IGC, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, CDC, CETV, ESG, IGC, pensions, workplace Pensions
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Why consumers need better choices; (explaining CDC to a merchant banker)
We need to find new ways to explain CDC to a wider audience – even merchant bankers! Continue reading
There’s nothing democratic about genocide. FCA should stop “contingent charging” today.
The FCA have published two papers on transfers A policy paper CP 18/6 “Improving the quality of pension transfer advice and A consultation paper CP 18/7 “advising on pension transfers”. The upshot of which is that The FCA has gone back to … Continue reading
Posted in BSPS, de-risking, Henry Tapper blog, pensions
Tagged CETV, CP18/6, CP18/7, FCA, Genocide, pensions
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“Too prudent for its own good” – how under-risking DB schemes causes new problems.
Someone , somewhere on the multiple threads surrounding USS, has asked me if I think that transfers out of USS are likely to be the next miss-selling scandal. I think it unlikely, and to explain why, I need to explain … Continue reading
My call for an end to contingent fees on DB pension transfers
Calls to keep contingent pricing fall on my deaf ears. I champion the pension rights of those with low incomes and I champion the rights of those likely to get lower pensions (women). I don’t champion the right of … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, CETV, DB transfers, Debbie Abrahams, Frank Field, Guy Opperman, IFA, Jack Dromey, pensions, tax free cash
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The CMA and IDWG are looking for the right grubs under the wrong stones.
The Competition and Markets Authority has produced the first of a series of working papers (only 90 pages) looking at the buy-side of institutional intermediation (e.g. what happens between buying an asset and the return the customer gets). “The evidence reviewed … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, brand, BSPS, pensions
Tagged CETV, chris sier, CMA, IDWG, James Baxter, pensions, Port Talbot, Tideway, Transfer
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