Tag Archives: David Pitt-Watson
Why unions should take CDC to employers and their under pensioned members
A large part of the British workforce have trade unions working for them to provide them with decent conditions at work, pay for work and benefits when work ends and retirement begins. We had in unionised companies a DB culture … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged CDC, David Pitt-Watson, Jackl Jones, Neil Walsh, Pensions, TUC, unions
Leave a comment
David Pitt-Watson – Lord of CDC
David Pitt-Watson – Responsible Investment Expert. Co-founder and former CEO of the Equity Ownership Service and Focus Funds at Federated Hermes I know of nobody who has been so true to his belief that CDC can work for this country … Continue reading
David Pitt-Watson – Lord of CDC
David Pitt-Watson – Responsible Investment Expert. Co-founder and former CEO of the Equity Ownership Service and Focus Funds at Federated Hermes I know of nobody who has been so true to his belief that CDC can work for this country … Continue reading
Can collective DC usher in a new era for UK pensions?
UK pensions policy and practice are at a crossroads. We are on the cusp of answering the central question of pension design – how to ensure that as many people as possible are able to save for a reliable … Continue reading
The 10 questions I’d like to ask the experts on CDC this afternoon.
I’m pleased to see that Stephen Timms and the Work and Pensions Select Committee will be meeting this afternoon (Oct 25th) to take evidence from four notable experts on pensions. The subject discussed will be “CDC pensions” CDC pension … Continue reading
Pensions Resurgent! The merit of the CWU’s proposals to the Royal Mail
For the third day I am returning to the CWU’s proposals to the Royal Mail which I now consider the most important break through in pension scheme design we have seen in Britain this century. I base this on three … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, defined ambition, defined aspiration, pensions
Tagged CDC, CWU, David Pitt-Watson, Defined benefi, Eddy Truell, equities, Infrastructure, Linked in, pension, pensions, PIC, Royal Mail
Leave a comment
Con Keating on “What They Do with Your Money”
Review of What They Do with Your Money How the Financial System Fails Us and How to Fix It. Stephen Davis, Jon Lukomnik, and David Pitt-Watson Yale University Press ISBN 978-0-300-19441-8 The authors have grand ambitions for this book in … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Con Keating, David Pitt-Watson, What they do with your money
Leave a comment
Doubt is not a pleasant condition , but certainty is absurd
The quote’s from the French philosopher Voltaire and was sent me by my friend Derek Benstead . Derek’s been ill all year, never stops thinking about how to make my and his client’s lives better! We were discussing people’s options at … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged annuity, David Pitt-Watson, Drawdown, Paul Lewis.CDC, Voltaire, Wise men of Chelm
4 Comments
Why Corbynism is radical (and what it means for pensions)
The most tweeted action of Corbyn’s first 24 hours as Labour leader was to choose to go to a constituency engagement rather than go on the Andrew Marr show. For Labour apparatchnick schooled in two decades of Blairite PR and … Continue reading
Posted in consultant, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Politics
Tagged advice, Andrew Marr, British politicians, Chris Siers, Con Keating, corporate risk, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, Financial services, George Kirrin, Government, Hilary Salt, Jeremy Corbyn, John Mcdonnell, Labour, Labour leader, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann
2 Comments
Magic beans and “negative capability”
Negative capability describes the capacity of human beings to transcend and revise their contexts. If we dismiss it as “magic beans” we are committed to repeating the mistakes of the past – and- as we all know – that way is madness. Continue reading
Posted in Change, corporate governance, drawdown, Financial Education, happiness, Pension Freedoms
Tagged Business, CDC, corporate governance, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, Financial services, Government, Hari Mann, John Ralfe, Kevin Wesbroom, madness, magic beans, mistakes, Negative capability, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, progress, repeating mistakes, Retirement, Steve Webb
6 Comments