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Steve Simkins speaks for the council tax payer , the member and employer

  Steve Simkins is closer to the discussion on how the “stable primary contribution rate” that will enable actuaries to work out what employers should pay in their particular circumstances. He reports on a worrying tendency in the discussions among … Continue reading

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Compassion in Action: The Women Fighting for Fraud and Financial Abuse Victims

This article has been passed me by Sue Flood who has worked for women’s rights in the financial world. I am happy to give her thoughts space on this blog. In a world too often ruled by numbers and red … Continue reading

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Are older men choosing to behave better or being taught by wives?

Our Covid friend, Stuart McDonald is back with better news (especially for men). Men may be choosing to live better or it may be that women are teaching them how to look after themselves. I would like to think it’s … Continue reading

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David Fairs sees a brave new world of DC mega-funds.

  David Fairs is on this week’s VFM podcast and like Sarah Smart he arrived with an agenda that related to pensions, this meant talking about the pension funding question that he’d wrestled with while at the Pensions Regulator and … Continue reading

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Kensington’s pension scheme to fund Grenfell relief

The Grenfell tower still stands burnt out on Kensington’s deprived boundaries. Yesterday it was announced that the tower would be pulled down. A more important to those who live with family and friends dead from the incident is that there … Continue reading

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Awkward surplus choices for top-job pension people!

There are a lot of people making noise about releasing pension scheme surpluses in funding. Here’s the actuaries saying something that pleases everybody. Actuaries like to think of themselves as an extension of the government and of course they have … Continue reading

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We’ve got a £1.6tr framework to make Britain Great again

  Oops , sorry about my plea for some morale support yesterday, I have slept properly and hope to agree a way forward today. I wondered for a brief moment whether I should pack it in! I mention this because … Continue reading

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You can’t wait for Reeves tomorrow? PM Starmer on Pensions tonight..

A press release has been issued by the Prime Minister’s office. Here it is. So you thought that pensions were a quiet backwater? Think again. If you were waiting for Rachel Reeves growth speech on Wednesday, you’ve missed the point. … Continue reading

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Pensions and Truell. Radio 4 – well worth a listen back

I hadn’t expected to have to move my early morning meeting tomorrow , but I did  , to listen to Edi Truell bang on time on Radio 4. You should be able to find out hear Following Edi’s comments in … Continue reading

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Is Reeves condemning the “de-risking” of pensions?

There has been considerable  response to last night’s blog Field called our DB pensions “an economic miracle”….Reeves knows why. It explains how a speech including a call to reinvest pension surpluses in company and economic growth. It’s worth  reading and … Continue reading

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