Tag Archives: Con Keating
“Nothing” is very much wrong with defined benefit pension schemes.
This week I was asked this question by a civil servant (not directly involved with pensions). Ignorant question: What in regulation or law would prevent a DB pension scheme being valued based on the actual assets as opposed to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Actuarial, Con Keating, Derek Benstead, Government, nada te turbe, pensions, Wendy Handcock
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Strange ideas – Con Keating debunks pension’s received wisdom
A number of extremely strange beliefs have emerged in the course of correspondence arising from earlier articles that introduced methods for the evaluation of pension liabilities which do not invoke any external factor. Take the idea of using market prices … Continue reading
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Tagged Accrual, Con Keating, FABI, first actuarial, Mercer, pension retulator, pensions, PPF7800
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Con Keating responds to John Ralfe in FT letters
This is a letter published by Con Keating in the Financial Times. Sir, I am surprised that John Ralfe is baffled by my proposal for a more accurate evaluation of defined benefit pension liabilities (Letters, October 28). Not only have … Continue reading
The Pension Network -November 17-18 A special offer for readers of this blog
This is a straight advert for an event that’s coming up on 17th and 18th November. If you are a member of the Pensions Network, then you’ll know about how it works- it’s been running ten years now and it … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, John Moret, Pendley Manor, pensions, Robin Ellison, TPNW
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Pensions for real – Even DC pensions!
All week we have been discussing how best to manage and measure Britain’s “pension deficits”. The FAB index which First Actuarial introduced last weekend has made quite an impression. My friend Rob Hammond will be on MoneyBox tomorrow lunchtime ; … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, Fab Index, FABI, first actuarial, Moneybox, Nigel Wilson, pensions, real assets
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Con Keating reviews Dawid’s latest blog
For those interested in these things, the polarised positions of Dawid Konotey Ahulu and Con Keating represent the best articulated statements of the pension deficit funding debate. Dawid’s latest contribution can be read here. This review has not been solicited – … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, Cow Driven, Dawid, Dawid Konotey Ahulu, LDI, pensions, Royal Cow Transactions, Tragi-Comedy
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An Apple a day, 700 reasons not to stay!
General angst, everywhere but here! There are a lot of people getting very angry about the EU’s determination that Apple should be paying Euro 13bn in tax to the Irish Government. Apple aren’t happy at the prospect of corporate profits … Continue reading
Plebicide and Suicide – Con Keating on post-Brexit pensions
In the post-Brexit period, I have listened to no fewer than three investment consultants advocating the immediate hedging of interest rate risk in our pension scheme “as the deficit is likely to blossom in the event of further quantitative easing”, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Business, Con Keating, Employment, Financial services, pension, Pension new, pensions, Retirement
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Lies, damned lies and trade body PR – Robin Powell
Robin Powell is a thoroughly decent man with an interest in financial probity who happens to write very well, he’s picked up on a couple of blogs which have been on here and I’m happy to return the favour. Robin … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, Damned Lies, Investment Association, Lies, Pension Plowman, Robin Powell, Statistics
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Very “interest”-ing
For millions of savers, the most important piece of financial news over the past few weeks has not been about the impact of bond yields on pension liabilities or their mortgage interest payments or the state of the stock market. … Continue reading
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Tagged 123, BHS, Business, Cash, CDC, Con Keating, equities, John Ralfe, Kevin Wesbroom, Martin Lewis, Paul Lewis, pension playpen, pensions, Phillip Green, real assets, Retirement, Santander
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