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Pension PlayPen’s response to the Treasury on pension tax-relief
The Treasury has asked eight great questions which go to the heart of how we incentivise pension saving. Here are our responses. We haven’t formally sent these responses to the Treasury yet, so if you have any comments, please send … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Pensions Regulator, Public sector pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, DWP, EET, Financial services, Government, HMRC, occupational pensions, ocnsultation, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, tax relief, TEE, The Treasury
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“Trust me , I’m a scorpion”
I was born at 11.02am on 11th November 1961, according to my star chart ,the sun, the moon, all the houses and for all I know Planet Pluto are in Scorpio, which makes me a little worried. This is no … Continue reading
Pensioner First
A consistent theme of the pension reforms we have witnessed over the past five years has been a focus on the consumer of pension savings – the pensioner. Set in the wider context of welfare policy, the proposals to re-align … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged ABI. IA, auto enrolment, Business, consumerism, corporate governance, corporate risk, DC outcomes, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, Government demands, LGPS, lobby, NAPF, outcomes, pensioner, Private sector, Retirement, Ros Altmann, social media
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When the dust settles…
For the second time in two years, George Osborne has produced a budget that will radically change the way we thing about retirement saving. If 2014 was the year we re-thought the way we spent our retirement spending, 2015 asks … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, Payroll, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, Public sector pensions
Tagged advice, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, Financial services, George Osborne, Government, Michael Johnson, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, redistribution, Retirement, retirement income, retirement saving, retirement savings, SIPPS, state pension, Tax, tax incentives, The Treasury, Treasury, Triple-Lock
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Helen Dean – the right person for the NEST top job.
Helen Dean’s appointment as the new CEO of NEST , seems to have been greeted with a stifled yawn by the Pensions Press. Helen has the lowest of profiles, no social media presence, hardly a speaking engagement and a declaration … Continue reading
Posted in NEST, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Personal Accounts
Tagged AE, art of pensions, auto enrolment, Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Helen Dean, Lesley Titcombe, Minister, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann
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Why due diligence is soooooooo important!
Yesterday I wrote about pension charges and the difference between poor practice and malpractice . At some point the value for money swing-ometre tips into rip-off territory and it’s almost always when those managing its costs of a scheme, stop acting … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged advice, auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, due diligence, Employment, Financial services, first actuarial, occupational pension schemes, penions, pension, pension playpen, pension scheme, pension schemes
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Bad practice or malpractice?
Johnson hath spoken! Michael is one of the few people who owes the financial services industry nothing. His voice is independent and trustworthy and his latest contribution to the debate on how we fund our retirement is welcome Pensions are … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Bad practice, Business and Economy, CDC, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, Financial services, financial services industry, governance, malpractice, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement, workplace Pensions
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High risk, medium risk , low risk? No idea! Guest blog from Ralph Frank
How many times have you been asked whether you have a high, medium or low risk tolerance? Perhaps the question has been phrased differently, testing if you are an aggressive, moderate or conservative investor? You might even have had your … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Business, corporate governance, Financial services, High-risk, investmenst, Investment, low-risk, no idea, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Ralph Frank, Retirement
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Identifying your auto-enrolment workers! Great guest blog by Karen Prince
This month sees the start of the final stage of auto-enrolment in the UK for more than 1.2 million employers. This last stage affects small and medium enterprises employing less than 30 staff. By April 2017, all businesses, including those … Continue reading
NEST – Lamborghini or Trabant?
Yesterday I wrote about NEST’s great steps towards an integrated approach to the management of auto-enrolment data. I didn’t hear anyone else asking the question “is NEST acting as a force for good or is it over-stepping the remit we , … Continue reading
Posted in customer service, dc pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Trabant or Lamborghini, workplace Pensions
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