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A little bit of anarchy does you good
I’m grateful to my Swedish friend Per Andelius for finding this. Provenance has kindly been provided by readers (see comments). In game theory, the “price of anarchy” describes how individuals acting in their own self-interest within a larger system tend … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged anarchy, Business, consensus, de-risking, decentralised decision making, Employment, Financial services, Insurance, Noah, pensions, Politics, price of anarchy
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All at sea! TPR’s “Trafalgar” for maritime and offshore workers.
Well done Lesley Titcombe and hurrah for our best naval victory since Trafalgar! Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, now
Tagged auto enrolment, Business, de-risking, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Lesley Titcombe, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, offshore workers, pension, Pension Poverty, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Seafarers, Society, TPR
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Making the most of the £20bn small employers spend on DB – Guest blog from Hilary Salt
A simple shift in communications could ensure the £20bn employers spend on DB each year isn’t wasted Over the last decade we’ve seen the long march of defined benefit (DB) pension schemes from the sunny beaches of open schemes run by … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Actuarial science, Actuary, advice, £20bn, Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, de-risking, defined benefit, DWP, Employment, Financial services, first actuarial, Government, member benefits, members, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, pension playpen, pensions, small schemes
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Is increasing complexity making pension saving harder ? – guest blog by Ralph Frank.
The most conclusive finding of a recent survey by PwC into pensions taxation was not even related to the respondents’ views on the central question of the survey (namely, the most appealing tax scenario for their pension)! Sixty percent of … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Actuarial science, advice, ageing, complexity, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Government, knor, PWC, Retail Distribution Review, Saving, Treasury
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Boom Bust Boom
I went to the Imax this week (great cinema) to see Boom Bust Boom. I was a guest of Cardano, the Dutch fiduciary manager and I had a good time. One thing I’ve learned about the meeja, is that if … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Banking, Bill and Ben, Boom Bust Boom, Business, Business and Economy, cardano, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, Financial services, Laurie Santos, Michael Johnson, Monty Python, pension playpen, Retirement, Risk Management, Terry Jones, Theo Kocken, YouTube
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Who’s risk is it anyway? How Canada and Britain are dumping pension risk
I’m off to Manhattan to talk to a couple of hundred Canadian pension experts. This is broadly what is going to be said, I’ll be sharing the stage with a couple of Canadian pension experts and (if you open the presentation), … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged ageing, auto enrolment, Britain, Canada, CDC, dc pensions, de-risking, Pension Risk, pension.pensions, re-risking, Risk
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Whose risk is it anyway?
No matter how we look at it – we do not- and will not- live in a command economy. That means we have to take decisions for ourselves rather than be told how to live our lives. If you want … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, dc pensions, defined ambition, Management, Money Advice Service
Tagged apples, choice, dc pensions, de-risking, DWP, Employment, Financial services, Government, pension, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, Pension Wise, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Tax
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Should we be trusted with our pension pot?
Today’s the day those over 55 can start taking their pension pots as they like;- except you can’t because the insurance companies are closed for the Bank Holiday except your defined contribution pension provider may not have adapted its systems yet except you … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged annuity, Blog, Business, CDC, corporate risk, dc, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Government, pension, pension freedom, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb
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Are workplace pensions “risk-free” to employers?
If you think workplace savings plans are “risk free” to employers – think again; “value for money” changes that Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Bankers, consultant, dc pensions, Fiduciary Management, First Actuarial, pension playpen, pensions, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement
Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Canada, CDC, Colin Ripsman, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc, dc pensions, de-risking, decumulation, Defined benefit pension plan, Defined Contribution, Eckler Ltd, Employment, Financial services, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Plan sponsors, Retirement, retirement income, Steve Webb, workplace Pensions
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