Tag Archives: Data
Not all asset managers are created equal
This is the second of ten articles written by Chris Sier which were originally published in Pension Expert. The original can be found here and is republished with the kind permission of the editor In the first piece of this … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Technology
Tagged Asset management, Asset Managers, chris sier, Data, Pension Expert, pensions, Transparency
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Should data be popular?
It was once so easy.. Flattening the curve was a quick and easy answer to the pandemic and was dressed up to give us comfort. So long as we survived the initial onslaught we could return to normal. So Kitty … Continue reading
Personal bests ;- the cyclo-menace.
Having wittered on about the value of data for the past five years I am now going to strop about cyclists measuring their performance on the streets of London. I am a bumbling Boris Biker and I my top speed … Continue reading
Care homes – the elephant is out the room
We can take as the roughest of approximations that the numbers dying in care or at home is about half of the number in hospitals. That would mean that the number who have died outside hospital by now (April … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, coronavirus, pensions
Tagged actuaries, Care Homes, Data, Death, elephant, residential care, Room Covid-19
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“Fifty shades of nay” – how hard should it be to get digital access to your data?
Providers are always finding new ways to stop AgeWage getting the data authorised us by letters of authority (LOA). Even when an individual signs an LOA – and the insurer is legally required to act on it – the struggle … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Data, data protection act, DPA, GDPR, Law Commiession, pensions
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Lord share their data – but not yet!
Augustine’s wayward prayer – “Lord, make me holy – but not yet”, sprung to mind as I sat with the dashboardistas in Parliament yesterday. The Government’s “Pensions Dashboards – working together for the consumer” is a pretty vague document which … Continue reading
Posted in customer service, Dashboard, pensions
Tagged ABI, Dashboard, Data, Pension Dashboard, pensions, PLSA
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Workplace pensions – who gives a flying feck what’s going on?
Data or opinion? What’s the best measure of value? Most investors when looking for evidence and would prefer to trust data. Opinion is now measured by “the crowd”, the wisdom of a great number of people is turned into data. … Continue reading
Posted in Henry Tapper blog, IGC, pensions
Tagged charges, Data, governance, IGCs, pensions, Trustee boards, Value for Money, workplace Pensions
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Public transport – I mean PUBLIC transport! – guest blog from Jayson Dudley.
Another trip to back from Paris today and I’m no longer surprised at the lack of awareness people have when using their mobile phones, so let me recount a couple of stories from my early days in Information Security … Continue reading
Posted in brand, pensions
Tagged cyber-crime, Data, Funny, IT security, Jayson Dudley, Mazars, Public Transport
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From frustration to disruption – how SMEs prosper!
Over the weekend I got a passionate note from a regular correspondent. Here it is – with the target of his frustration omitted! The concept of a TPA being paid twice is very common. The main culprit is Cxxxxx They have … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Data, Data Cleansing, David, David and Goliath, dc pensions, ezra pound, fiduciaries, Goliath, Pasolini, pension, pensions, ppf, Retirement, TPA, trustees
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Meaninglessly big data.
I don’t like this infographic, it just appeared on my twitter feed to attract me to an article that would lead me to the conclusion that I was helpless and needed the assistance of some organisation to create me a … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Management, pensions, Politics
Tagged Big Problem, big-data, Data, fail, God
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