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We don’t get wise blaming others – listen to the FT and Pension PlayPen!
There is good reason to examine the breakdown in the relationship between the Cabinet and the Bank of England around the 22nd to the 28th Sept 2022. There is a lot of it about and most between the President and … Continue reading
How Honda lost £500M (and Aga didn’t) in a few easy steps!
Next Tuesday morning , William McGrath and Con Keating will tell us of a Pension Scheme Comparison. You can familiarise yourself with the comparison between The Aga Rangemaster pension scheme and the Honda pension scheme by reading this recent blog … Continue reading
How to lose £500M in a few easy steps!
Next Tuesday morning , William McGrath and Con Keating will tell us of a Pension Scheme Comparison. You can familiarise yourself with the comparison between The Aga Rangemaster pension scheme and the Honda pension scheme by reading this recent blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Aga, BPA, Con Keating, Honda, LDI, Pensions, William McGrath
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PRAG consults on refreshed accounting standards for pensions
The Pensions Research Accountants Group (PRAG) has published proposed amendments to the statement of recommended practice (SORP) on the financial reports of pension schemes. I was approached yesterday by Con Keating demanding that I give this prominence on this blog … Continue reading
Con and Iain asked “what can possibly go wrong with LDI?”
For those who don’t believe in the analysis of Keating and Clacher on UK pension matters, the publication of their excellent paper on pensions capacity to revive UK and European economic prospects will be disregarded. They might want to return … Continue reading
Backdrop for 2025 DB valuations.
I am sorry not to have made it! I was pressing away on my iPhone as the Queen Elizabeth train took me up from Slough to Farringdon in London. But it would not obey my instructions. Thankfully, I have the … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Con Keating, DWP, Financial services, hymans, Jones, McLaren, Pensions
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DB Surpluses…a game changer? Pensions for Purpose had a great debate
I am sorry not to have been at or publicised this brilliant session. I didn’t publicise it due to a failure to get into my own website and I didn’t attend due to some medical matters, Here is a recording … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, CDC, Con Keating, Defined benefit pension plan, Financial services, Government, Laasya
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Surpluses are ephemeral, beating targets should be fundamental
The surplus issue , like Mansion House speeches, does not open doors in the way that Pension Freedoms did to the retail “pension” market. I put pension in italics because George Osborne released retirement savings from the last link to … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, annuity, Business, Business and Economy, Con Keating, Insurance, Pensions
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Defined Benefit Pension Funding – Iain Clacher & Con Keating
Defined Benefit Pension Funding Iain Clacher & Con Keating The article appears in the Securities Institute Review which is the house magazine of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (CISI) It is here In a range of conference presentations, … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, Funding, Iain Clacher, ONS, Pensions, ppf, TPR
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How strong is Britain’s DB funding? The video trustees and sponsors should not ignore
I expect that this issue will continue to receive minimal attention on this from the consultancy teams advising trustees on funding, from the press which is generally driven by he consultants and from the majority of pension experts who’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, Dr Iain Clacher, Iain Clacher
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