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Pension Oldie says pensions help small companies and their staff
Pensions Oldie is considering how DB schemes, especially those sponsored by small companies in the private sector, could be of help going forward. The remarks in italics are the comment on yesterday’s blog I think the main focus of the … Continue reading
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Tagged corporate risk, DB, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Pensions, Pensions Oldie, Retirement
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BP show a shameful lack of pension leadership.
There are a handful of British companies that carry our name. They stand for what we used to call the best of British in the corporate place. Among these “British ” Petroleum stands high, it is not- like Shell , … Continue reading
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Tagged BP, British Petroleum, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, pension, Pension Regulator, Pensions, Retirement
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Putting the FIS back into pension schemes
This is a blog inspired by a snip from First Actuarial’s briefing to trustees and sponsors of their DB clients. For many years trustees have had to focus on a prudent funding plan based on the scheme valuation at … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, de-risking, DWP, Investment, pension, Pension new, Pensions, Retirement, workplace Pensions
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Equity Release is in its prime – funding retirement many ways.
How pensions are paid from our housing wealth If you get a pension paid by Legal & General, you are probably being paid in monthly charges against other people’s houses. The £400,000, your neighbour borrowed against their £2m property is, … Continue reading
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Tagged Business and Economy, corporate risk, Employment, Equity release, Financial services, pension, Pension new, Pensions, prime, workplace Pensions
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Dashboards will test quality of service – and value for members.
Thanks Paul McGlone for reminding the good people of Linked-in that “dashboard denial” is futile. He ends a pithy argument with an admission that while dashboards are coming , we don’t know quite when. Of course, none of that is … Continue reading
Where are these 1200 schemes to be consolidated?
When it comes to poor practice “sunlight is the best disinfectant”. But the sun never shines on the whereabouts of occupational DC schemes, which are supposed to run their own websites for the benefit of all, but whose whereabouts on … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, consolidation, corporate governance, corporate risk, DWP, hurdles
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Will technology save lifestyle?
No sooner have I published a blog announcing that AgeWage is embarking on research on how lifestyle has actually done, than I read a post in Professional Pensions from Julius Pursaill explaining how a master trust he advises is going … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, CDC, Con Keating, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, Julius Pursaill, pension, SatNav
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Research and Development in Financial Advice
The Financial Conduct Authority has published the results of its survey of firms providing financial advice. The results make for depressing reading. Of the sample, 72% of firms said that customers’ preference for personal interaction with an adviser was a … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, corporate risk, FAMR, FCA, Financial services, Innovation, pensions, Retirement, robo-advice, Technology
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How can IGCs engage people with their pensions?
There are three measures by which I am judging the IGC Chair reports Do they speak with a proper tone of voice Do they show themselves effective in dealing with the provider they are governing Have they properly addressed whether … Continue reading
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Tagged ABI, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, DWP, FCA, governance, IA, IGC, Insurers, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Ros Altmann, TPR, workplace Pensions
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Money corrupts, is State Street corrupted absolutely?
Is there no end to the greed within State Street’s global custody division? Two former executives at State Street have been charged by US officials for their part in a scheme involving secret commissions within its transition management business. Ross … Continue reading
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Tagged Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, Global custody, NEST, pension, pension playpen, pensions, People's Pension, State Street
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