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DB pension schemes stagnant; #BT #USS #Shell #BA fail – says the Times
There’s a great article in today’s Times which takes a look at what DB Trustees have been doing with the money that’s been “entrusted” with them. It comes at the topic with the good sense you’ll get from a financial … Continue reading
The FCA – less messing about – more action
In 2024 it announced 41 enforcement actions, and in the 2025 calendar year there were 33, both above its historic annual average of between 20 and 25. “We are conducting fewer investigations, faster,” Therese Chambers (one of two enforcement directors) … Continue reading
Innovators ; so much for yesterday – what of tomorrow?
I have reprinted the links to the video and slides from John Hamilton’s presentation yesterday. It is a mark of the interest the Stagecoach/Aberdeen (SASA) deal has had that the blogs surrounding John Hamilton’s appearance have had enormous interest. But … Continue reading
Torsten – have a word with Nausicaa about how your pension is invested!
The story of how the MP’s DB pension is even less invested in UK growth stocks than the average private sector UK pension has been knocking around a few days and I’ve been trying to stay out of its way … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, David Fairs, DB, DB Funds, Jeremy Hunt, MP, Nausicaa Delfas, Pensions
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A run through of pensions in the UK; for those who are confused!
This is not a blog about state pensions or the pensions paid to people in the public sector like the NHS and Teachers, it’s for all the people who depend on the private sector though many people currently in public … Continue reading
Ros Altmann in 2020 on the Pension Action Group’s progress to that date
It has been over 5 years since I published this blog on the Pensions Action Group. My blog is not worth a great deal of time and I enjoy it for a picture I took on the stripper’s beach in … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Young, DB, Government, pension, ppf, Retirement, Ros Altmann
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Trustees change sponsor from Stagecoach to Aberdeen rewarding 22,000 members
It has not been done before but it may not be the last such deal. Stagecoach trustees have exchanged the sponsorship of their pension scheme to Aberdeen and in the deal members get the prospect of much better payments than … Continue reading
Better pensions: Economic Growth: Sound the Bell
By William McGrath – CEO of C-Suite and once of Aga Rangemaster. The impact of the Budget on DB pensions may prove significant – ending endgames as currently expected. The numerical balance between run-on and bulk transfers tilts appreciably to … Continue reading
Terry Pullinger on the future – for people needing pensions.
Yesterday SG Pensions hosted a day in Stationers Hall by St Pauls in the City. It was a success , bringing together the sponsors – primarily fund managers investing UK DB pensions and insurers – transferring liabilities to annuities. What … Continue reading
The Dutch Pension Reform WTP – Rogier Swierstra
Rogier Swierstra As long as I have been working in the Dutch pension system, it has been under discussion or reform. But now it’s for real! A monumental reform law (WTP stands for Wet Toekomst Pensioenen, the Future Pensions Law) … Continue reading