Tag Archives: Con Keating
“To a man with a hammer….” – Making sense of the CDC Code of Practice
This is Con Keating’s second blog covering the consultation on TPR’s proposed Code of practice for CDC. In the period since writing the first blog, I have managed to resolve one of the major uncertainties I expressed there concerning … Continue reading
Follow the data and defend the charge cap – Clacher and Keating
Today’s blog is the continuation of yesterday’s introduction to problems with the proposed exemption of the charge cap. Your authors are Con Keating and Iain Clacher. We responded to the earlier consultation on illiquid private ‘market’ investments and performance fees. … Continue reading
A Roadmap for Increasing Productive Finance Investment
A Roadmap for Increasing Productive Finance Investment We consider here the case for investment in less liquid assets and the current DC pension scheme landscape as set out in “A Roadmap for Increasing Productive Finance Investment”. We note first … Continue reading
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Tagged chris sier, Con Keating, DWP, HM Treasury, Iain Clacher, Productive Finance
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“There’s plenty of “dry powder” – we need an explosion of productive capital”
This blog is a review of an article by Emma Duncan published in The Times on January 7th 2022, headed: “Let’s turn Covid and Brexit to our advantage” – an eminently sensible idea. However, the way in which this is … Continue reading
20 questions we need to answer to make CDC mass-market
This is the first in a series of blogs which will address some of the questions being asked about CDC schemes. The 20 questions in this blog have been collated and addressed by Con Keating in the hope that we … Continue reading
Con Keating on DB discount rates; Weds 03/11 4pm Invite here
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Con Keating and Edi Truell (a trilogy in the making?)
Con Keating has sent me this post, in reply to Edi Truell’s recent linked in post on his recent blog “Safe as Houses”. I no longer subscribe to Linked-In (I find its security appalling) but I have been told that … Continue reading
“Safe as Houses” – Con Keating on investment and speculation
This piece by Con Keating was first published in Professional Pensions In early 2020, in order to explore the potential for Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) pensions, I began an extensive project to investigate the investment performance of the major asset … Continue reading
“Welcome to the corridors of corruption” (Con Keating unedited)
This article first appeared in Professional Pensions , a little edited and under the title “state goals won’t override my duty. This is the unexpurgated version published the day after the Prime Minister outlined his vision for Britain at his … Continue reading
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Tagged Boris Johnson, Build Back Better, Con Keating, Green gilts, Rishi Sunak
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Private markets – a jewel in the crown or fool’s gold?
A key aim for DC trustees should be to consider how to ‘further improve’ long term future net risk adjusted returns and ‘member outcomes’ rather than just cutting costs. Getting more for members! @GuyOpperman @DWP @TPRgovuk @TheFCA @ThePLSA @bankofengland @henryhtapper … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, DWP, Fiduciary Management, Guidance, guy opperman
Tagged AgeWage, BOE, chris sier, Con Keating, Darren Agomber, fools gold, jewel in the crown, Productive Finance, ruston smith
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