Tag Archives: corporate risk
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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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
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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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The future of pension regulation – Andrew Tarrant
Andrew Tarrant was a personal advisor to Gregg McClymont in the previous parliamentary term. A Kiwi lawyer he has the distinction of having sung in New Zealand’s only serious punk band. I have had the privilege of reading this substantial piece of … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Tarrant, annuity, Business, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, governance, Government, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Retirement, The Pension Regulator, workplace Pensions
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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
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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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MoneyHub – financial education’s future?
I met yesterday with Toby Hughes, CEO of MoneyHub, one of the very few people in financial services who I could properly call visionary. Like most visionaries, his big idea is very simple. He and his CTO Dave Toge talked … 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
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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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Boom Bust Boom
I went to the Imax this week (great cinema) to see Boom Bust Boom. I was a guest of Cardano, the Dutch fiduciary manager and I had a good time. One thing I’ve learned about the meeja, is that if … Continue reading
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Tagged Banking, Bill and Ben, Boom Bust Boom, Business, Business and Economy, cardano, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, Financial services, Laurie Santos, Michael Johnson, Monty Python, pension playpen, Retirement, Risk Management, Terry Jones, Theo Kocken, YouTube
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Time to move on?
This election was brutal. Gregg McClymont knew his fate but Steve Webb’s defeat was a shock to us all – sadly electors don’t wear pension goggles. Just as we were resigning ourselves to BAU, David Cameron announced Ros Altmann’s appointment … Continue reading
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Tagged ageing, BBC, change, Conservative, corporate risk, David Cameron, DWP, Government, NAPF, pensions, Ros Altmann, The Pension Regulator, TPR
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What’s inside the wrapper’s – what matters! Guest blog from Ralph Frank
I often find myself bemused, and/or confused, when I see investment portfolios specified in terms of product wrappers (e.g. unit trusts, exchange traded funds, structured notes etc.) instead of the underlying investments (e.g. equities, bonds etc.). The underlying investments, … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Chief investment officer, corporate risk, dc pensions, Employment, ETF, Government, Investment, investments, pensions, Ralph Frank, Retirement, wrapper, wrappers
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