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“Is CDC the viable alternative to DB?” Con Keating is on the case
Con is on the Labour party’s pension policy group. I’m a Tory party member. We agree on this, we need innovation. In this article , Con explains how the principles behind CDC could enable some employers to carry on … Continue reading
Where does all the money go?
Ok guy – have a look at this picture. It’s a very odd way of looking at money (especially the cash benefits – which for most will be the various family, disability and general living allowances). But it makes its … Continue reading
Posted in #WASPI, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged CDC, DA, Defined Ambition, Ros Altmann, state pension, Target Pensions, WASPI, workplace Pensions
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Parliament debates CDC -with a twist in the tail!
If you are generally interested in the way Britain will develop private pensions in the next twenty years, I would strongly recommend watching the two sessions of the General Committee reading the Pension Schemes Bill, The link to the video … Continue reading
CDC designed by an enlightened actuary -Derek Benstead!
When I started out in insurance my sales manager told me: “Don’t sell a solution until you’ve understood the problem.” So far, collective defined contribution is a solution that is so short on detail we can only suppose what … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, pensions
Tagged CDC, DA, DB, dc, Derek Benstead, first actuarial, pension, pensions
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The great pensions rotation
“Everything dies honey that’s a fact, and everything that dies some day comes back” – Bruce Springsteen DB died the day they guaranteed indexation. DA will be born the day they take that guarantee away. Ring out the old, ring … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, defined ambition, defined aspiration, FSA, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Business, DA, DB pensions, dc, Defined Ambition, Employment, Financial services, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
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The Queens Speech; the sausage sandwich game – for pensions!
The Pensions Reforms in the Queens Speech had been broadly flagged in the Sunday Telegraph and subsequently. Nonetheless, the inclusion of Defined Ambition Pensions (aka CDC) (aka Target Pensions) is still a major surprise and will further stretch the UK … Continue reading