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Claer Bartlett lets rip over another threat to pensions
Readers of this blog will know that the Government are floating the idea of freezing salary sacrifice at £2000 to save the tax-payer $2bn. Put like that it sounds a little odd that the FT thinks salary sacrifice is propping … Continue reading →
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We’re not spending, we’re hoarding – that’s not investing- it’s neurotic!
A couple of weeks ago , Claer Barrett wrote an article about the depression that is forcing money into short term savings plans (not into an investment into our and our country’s future). This weekend , the FT followed up … Continue reading →
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Two women aware of pensions (and an embarrassed male)!
One woman – Alexandra Miles – inequality and sex This year , one of the first articles I read after coming out of hospital was by a group of women. You can read it from this link. It is being … Continue reading →
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Muppetry is on its way out, pensions are on their way back!
I remember going north on a train and explaining to a jolly lady that I had the job of stopping people becoming pension muppets. The following day she was there at the conference explaining to the crowd that she’d met … Continue reading →
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Stick to the shopping list
It being a Sunday afternoon and England playing netball on the box, I offered to do the shopping for my partner. The list was short and accurate, detailing exactly what I should be paying for a red pepper, loose tomatoes, … Continue reading →
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“No one cares as much about your pension as you do” – but Claer Barrett comes close.
If you’re over 50 and have a pension, my column in today’s @ftweekend is for you. Martin’s plunged by 32% after an action his provider took without his specific approval. How can this be right? Thanks to @adam_walkom and @henryhtapper … Continue reading →
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“Financial fear” is continuous from board to living room
It now appears likely that the person who blew the whistle on the impending catastrophe facing UK pension schemes that have de-risked using LDI was Kerrin Rosenberg of Cardano who the FT report wrote an email to BOE Governor Andrew … Continue reading →
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Robin Hood , the Sheriff and the King
Just as we thought we were set for some uninterrupted Government, the Chancellor and the Prime Minister fall out within a month of a much delayed budget. Just how much of the prepared budget belonged to Sajid Javid and how … Continue reading →
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A lunchtime lesson about pensions for millennials – Guest Blog- Claer Barrett
This blog is from Claer Barrett, it was first published in the FT and is Claer’s contribution to Pension Awareness Day. I share it on this because a) it is brilliant, b)Clear has asked it to be shared and c) … Continue reading →
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