Tag Archives: Defined benefit pension plan

What are our Lords up to with “Pension Schemes” this week?

This from the “on the money” Pension Age which keeps us up to date with the Pension discussions. Peers query mandation and LGPS powers as Pension Schemes Bill enters HoL committee stage By Callum Conway   13/1/26 House of Lords (HoL) … Continue reading

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SASA – (Stagecoach Aberdeen Scheme Adoption) – the video and deck

If you missed this  coffee morning presentation from John , you are in luck. It’s with you below, with a download if you want to share it – here. If you want to see the slides they are below and … Continue reading

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A man and a woman making sense of investment for retirement

I wish I’d put it as well as this man has I’d wish I’d put it as well as this woman has UK businesses are facing many headwinds, but revitalising economic growth can help them overcome barriers to successful expansion. … Continue reading

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Empathy not sympathy with wanting “cash now pension later”!

My normal readership on Linked in is 40,000. Tom McPhail added nearly 5,000 to the number. It’s great that Tom can write in a way that gets people reading but I suspect that when that subtle grin appears upon that … Continue reading

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Pension Schemes Bill gets parliamentary evidence from 23 experts

We are at the end of a massive gift of evidence in Parliament If you take a fancy to , you can watch the morning meetings here You can watch the afternoon meetings here There has been a little comment … Continue reading

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De-risking pensions has been a war on the young for 20 years.

Tom Tugendhat is acerbic He starts his opinion piece by explaining why he thinks pensions are one of two policies that exclude the young from prosperity (along with housing) Two bad policies in particular have influenced this trajectory. The first … Continue reading

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Hymans Robertson debating pension funding this Morning.

First the advert.. Tuesday (today) 10.30 am event ; free ticket at the bottom of the blog. Having made a mistake and locked myself out of the excellent session led by Pensions for Purpose, I’m not going to do it … Continue reading

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Right analysis+razor sharp solutions…needed by TPR

  The last 7 days have had me listening for 3 hours to a former executive and the current Chair of TPR and I find myself deflated. Here is a former TPR worker on my comments about David Fairs last … Continue reading

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David Fairs sees a brave new world of DC mega-funds.

  David Fairs is on this week’s VFM podcast and like Sarah Smart he arrived with an agenda that related to pensions, this meant talking about the pension funding question that he’d wrestled with while at the Pensions Regulator and … Continue reading

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Hymans Robertson debating pension funding this Tuesday.

First the advert.. Tuesday 10.30 am event ; free ticket at the bottom of the blog. Having made a mistake and locked myself out of the excellent session led by Pensions for Purpose, I’m not going to do it twice! … Continue reading

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