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“Low earners miss out on £85m pension tax relief” – and why!?
“Millions of part-time workers are being denied valuable tax-breaks on their pension contributions as government officials knowingly all low them to save into schemes that will not pay them relief they are entitled” So thundered the FT (26/09/15) and it’s … Continue reading
The tyranny of payroll or the management of pensions?
The received idea in Government circles is that employers don’t give a toss about the pensions they set up for their clients. In a recent thread on the Pension Play Pen Linked In Group (if you aren’t a member , … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, corporate risk, dc pensions, DWP, Government, liability, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, Payroll, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, taxes, tyranny
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“There’s opportunity in complexity”
This, believe it or not, is the new strap-line for State Street Global Adviser’s push into the UK DC market with their target dated funds which are – it seems – reassuringly complex. To boot There are two ways of … Continue reading
Five things I’d change to help employers with Auto-Enrolment
I spent yesterday with 62 employers , 1 of whom had staged auto-enrolment (a small employer in the June 2015 trial). As I listened to questions and talked with my friend at the Regulator who was co-speaker, I tried to … Continue reading
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
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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
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Mastertrusts – an accident waiting to happen?
How do we pay for pensions? We still know too little about what we are paying for pensions. The following statement appears on Standard Life’s website Employers can be confident that their schemes will all be compliant with the charge … Continue reading
If the deal is good – why not shout about it? Guest Blog From Ralph Frank
Pension savers in the UK benefit, and have done so for some time, from tax relief on their contributions. This perk has been a key driver in incentivising these savers to defer a portion of their earnings for later in … Continue reading
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What exactly is a pension dashboard?
At yesterday’s session of the DWP select committee there was consensus that a pensions dashboard is a good idea. Curry: Pensions dashboard has worked internationally & the technology exists for it to happen. — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) September 7, 2015 Fritz: … Continue reading
Understanding the Great Fall of China (in the pub).
While y’all went on holiday, market analysts threw a tantrum , Emerging stock Markets tanked and the Developed Markets went red and green faster than a traffic light. I love writing this stuff, it makes me feel grown up – like I had some job … Continue reading
To properly understand what people want with the money they allow to be taken from pay, we have many surveys…