Tag Archives: Defined benefit pension plan

Using your pension as a bank account.

Posted on October 14, 2014 by henry tapper

Those “waking up to money” or to headlines in selected media (ahem!) will be gasping over their croissants at the headline. Is this a further raft of legislation ? You’ll be pleased to hear it isn’t! It is in fact … Continue reading →

Posted in accountants, actuaries, advice gap, auto-enrolment, dc pensions, NEST, pensions, Retirement | Tagged annuity, Bank account, Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial Services Authority, Osborne, parliament, Payroll, pension, Pension Bill, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pension.Bank, Pensioner Payroll | 1 Comment

Do you want to be a Pension PlayPen Agent?

Posted on October 7, 2014 by henry tapper

If you fancy helping your clients to get the right workplace pension to suit their payroll and provide best outcomes for their staff, you should register as an agent at http://www.pensionplaypen.com/register . Helping your clients to use our service doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in accountants, customer service, pension playpen, pensions | Tagged Actuary, auto enrolment, Britain, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, corporate governance, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Defined contribution plan, Education, pension | Leave a comment

“My pension offer” – explaining CDC to a confused public!

Posted on September 28, 2014 by henry tapper

John Ralfe has been expressing his frustration that none of the CDC champions have made him a two page offer to tell him what a CDC pension offer might look like. I’ve not done this yet, partly because I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, CDC, pensions, with-profits, workplace pensions | Tagged annuities, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, collective, DC Defined Contributions, Defined benefit pension plan, Drawdown, DWP, Employment, Financial services, flexible drawdown, Flumps, Government, Human Resources, Insurance, NEST, pension, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement | 1 Comment

What’s that coming over the hill…? NAPF CDC DEBATE #Fail

Posted on September 25, 2014 by henry tapper

The NAPF CDC Debate The debate on how we organise our retirement incomes from our pension savings was not progressed at the NAPF’s CDC focussed pension connections meeting last night. A half filled room witnessing a debate between two “Pale … Continue reading →

Posted in actuaries | Tagged Actuarial science, annuity, Business, CDC, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, fail, Financial services, Guidance, Hamish Wilson, IGC, John Ralfe, MAS, NAPF, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, TPAS, trustee | 1 Comment

Everything you wanted to know about the AE Common Data Standard (in 500 words)

Posted on September 18, 2014 by henry tapper

What’s the point? There are around 30 pension providers an employer can choose to set up their workplace pension and around 40 further providers who will convert their existing workplace pension into a scheme that qualifies for workplace pension. … Continue reading →

Posted in auto-enrolment, leadership, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Retirement | Tagged Andy Agethangelou, auto enrolment, Business, Capacity crunch, common data standard, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Financial services, FofAE, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, PAPDIS, Pension new, pensions, Retirement | Leave a comment

How much should I spend on retirement?

Posted on September 15, 2014 by henry tapper

People get frightened by this question – they shouldn’t! The simple answer is that we all pay into a national pension scheme through national insurance and you can find out what you’re likely to get from the State we completing … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Debt, journalism, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator | Tagged Actuarial science, Afford, annuity, Contribute, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Pay, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Save, Spend | Leave a comment

Post budget capacity challenge for insurers

Posted on September 9, 2014 by henry tapper

Scottish Widows boss Toby Strauss has told the Telegraph that his company is already facing a capacity crunch as it digests the impact of legislative changes over the past two years and faces the challenges of 2015. The … Continue reading →

Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, brand, pensions | Tagged ABI, annuity, Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, first actuarial, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement, Scottish Widows, Society, Strategy, the Telegraph, toby strauss | 14 Comments

“What we need and what we want” – financial education in schools

Posted on September 1, 2014 by henry tapper

Many congratulations to Tracey Bleakley and all at pfeg for getting personal finance onto the national curriculum from today. Speaking on Wake Up To Money this morning, Tracey was asked what the one piece of financial advice she’d give to those in her … Continue reading →

Posted in FCA, Fiduciary Management, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Education | Tagged Business, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, financial education, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, PFEC, Retirement, September 1st, Steve Webb, Tracey Bleakley | 2 Comments

“Retirement reforms and the Guidance Guarantee” – The Pension PlayPen’s response

Posted on August 31, 2014 by henry tapper

This is the Pension PlayPen submission to the FCA’s consultation CP14/11 Pension PlayPen is a website dedicated to helping small employers and their advisers find good quality workplace pension plans. It was founded in 2013 by Henry Tapper with … Continue reading →

Posted in dc pensions, Financial Conduct Authority, pension playpen, pensions | Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Consultation, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, FCA, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Guidance Guarantee, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement | Leave a comment

What did you do in the war Daddy?

Posted on August 29, 2014 by henry tapper

One of the most successful recruitment campaigns ever- focussed on this simple question. It asked young men to imagine themselves once the fighting stopped having to explain to those in their care the contribution they’d made to the war effort. … Continue reading →

Posted in accountants, advice gap, annuity, corporate governance, pensions, Pensions Regulator | Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb | Leave a comment

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