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Pensions – “in chaos – need to unite” -sound familiar?
What do George Osborne and Donald Trump have in common? DISRUPTION – that’s what. Disruption happens when a system has fallen into a state where it is no longer functioning for the people it serves. It would seem that the … Continue reading
Will CDC be a success story?
Will CDC be a success story? #pensions @mallowstreet https://t.co/HC8u3uk09G pic.twitter.com/fR8VKyRYOi — Stuart Breyer (@stubreyer) November 4, 2020 The question is the right one. You can’t go on Mallowstreet unless you are a member, which means the wider discussion needs to … Continue reading
“Shape up or shape out” – DWP give small DC schemes one year’s notice
It is not acceptable for savers to be enrolled in arrangements that do not deliver value in terms of costs, investment returns or secure and resilient governance. Government would expect trustees acting in the best interests of their members … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, DWP, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged dc, DC DWP Pension, DWP, Guy Opperman, TCFD, TPR, VFM
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DC challenges the Private Equity billionaires
Robin Powell (the evidenced based investor) makes a bold claim. Ludovic Phalippou is a hero. Who is Phalippou? Ludovic Phalippou is an economist who has written a paper detailing the workings of the Private Equity industry and how it … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, dc pensions, pensions
Tagged dc, ft, Ludovic Phallipou, Phallipou, Private Equity
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Pensions in the grand scheme of things
In the “grand scheme of things” – pensions will go on “In the grand scheme of things” is a very much over-worked phrase. It’s up there with “all will come out in the wash” as a means of dismissing today’s … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, pensions
Tagged annuity, CDC, dc, Defined Contribution, Flexi-access drawdown, Kevin Wesbroom, pensions
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How to talk to your staff about pensions
Quietroom are silently curating a lot of good advice using linked in. If you have the dexterity and the eyesight to access their posts , then here’s the link to the document. But I struggled and when I found the … Continue reading
What are those actuaries up to now?
“The Great Risk Transfer” baffled the journalists who were conspicuous by their absence at this breakfast meeting. Pension Age reported “IFoA to investigate transferring of risk onto consumers” as if the actuaries were campaigning for Which? Professional Pensions reported the … Continue reading
“Evolution not revolution” as important for what it omits as what it says.
My view when I started this morning’s blog #Poole #Dorset #NovemberToMember pic.twitter.com/wpLW4EIcjy — Pension Plowman (@henryhtapper) November 16, 2019 I finished reading “Evolution not revolution – five years of freedom” sensing something had been missing. That something has just come … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, dc pensions, defined ambition, defined aspiration, pensions
Tagged annuity, CDC, dc, DCIF, Drawdown, Evolution, pension, pensions, revolution
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Con Keating asks “Does life-styling make sense?”
In the course of my recent work on value for money metrics, I have come across several schemes which apply life styling to older ages and many have argued that these strategies merit a benchmark which differs from the … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, dc pensions, de-risking, pensions
Tagged dc, de-risking, Lifestyle, pensions
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The financing of DC
As anticipated (in blogging), yesterday’s article on CDC attracted some vitriol, not just from my friend Con Keating, but from the inter-web of things. The idea that a #cdc plan could smooth outcones by borrowing is a load of #bollocks … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, CDC, pensions
Tagged #bollocks, Adrian Boulding, CDC, dc, henry tapper, John Ralfe
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