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How do master trusts add value for members at retirement?
I shouldn’t be surprised to report on a consultancy looking at how member outcomes could be improved by picking the right workplace pension. But I am. This morning at 11 am, Hymans Robertson are kicking off another round of webinars … Continue reading
A way to manage pension freedom – from a land down under.
FCA and TPR. Please read below a post from an Australian actuary called Jim Hennington. It describes the regulatory requirements placed on providers of retirement income in Australia. I have only inserted links, to help readers not familiar with terms … Continue reading
How can CDC Decumulation provide inflation protection? – Con Keating
This blog from Con Keating is technical and designed to help the DWP ,tPR and others , when thinking about how to encourage inflation protection in the pathways on offer to savers in retirement. Member options for retirement income Introduction … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, CDC, Con Keating, dc pensions, DWP, investment pathways, Pensions
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The OECD’s 10 Commandments for DC pensions
The OECD has produced a well thought out Recommendation for the design of defined contribution pension plans. Published on 23rd February, it has received little comment (presumably as it has not been subject to a press release). However, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 commandments, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, FCA, Moses, OECD, TPR, workplace
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Get retirement ready with the PPF and you’re over 40
Yesterday, I published the PPF’s how to get retirement ready in your 20s, 30s and early 40s. Today they compile a list of seven things you should think about as you approach the end of your career. Even if you … Continue reading
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Tagged dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, mature, pension, Pensions, ppf, retirement ready
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300 new tickets issued for Friday’s VFM conference – register here.
We have been able to increase our Zoom capacity from 200 to 500, to allow a much wider audience. Following the publication of their findings on what members of workplace pensions want to know, Ruston Smith and Janette Weir will … Continue reading
A roadmap that would fundamentally change the way our money is invested
The publication of the Productive Finance Group’s A roadmap for increasing productive finance investment paves the way for Long Term Asset Funds to be integrated in the default investment strategies of our major workplace pensions. Clearly the Government has got … Continue reading
Weaknesses in the DB purchasing model exposed
Chris Sier and Ritesh Singhania have published research conducted by Clear Glass that shows that UK DB pension plans waste billions on underperforming asset managers. The research, published in today’s FT, is concerning. Why are there such weak controls in … Continue reading
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Tagged chris sier, Clearglass, DB pensions, dc pensions, workplace
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What’s the Long Term Asset Fund and will it work?
The ‘Long Term Asset Fund’ (LTAF) will be launched within the year to provide long term alternative and innovative investments. I’m quoting here from a paper send by my Swedish friend Per Andelius and written by the lawyers CMS The … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, auto enrolment, Con Keating, dc pensions, IA, Nessie, Treasury
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It’s time we tested the value we get for the charges we pay
If I had read the PLSA’s response to the DWP’s proposals to flex the pension charge cap, this time last year, I would have applauded it. I told the Pensions Minister to his (virtual) face that I saw no demand … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, dc pensions, Hedge Funds, Mick Mcateer, Private Equity, Risk
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