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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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Tagged Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP
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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
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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Tagged Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Government, pension, Pension new, Pensions, Retirement
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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
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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Tagged Andy Haldane, Business, Business and Economy, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, pension, Pension Regulator, Pensions, Retirement, Treasury
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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
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
DB Surpluses…a game changer? Pensions for Purpose had a great debate
I am sorry not to have been at or publicised this brilliant session. I didn’t publicise it due to a failure to get into my own website and I didn’t attend due to some medical matters, Here is a recording … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, CDC, Con Keating, Defined benefit pension plan, Financial services, Government, Laasya
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Kensington’s pension scheme to fund Grenfell relief
The Grenfell tower still stands burnt out on Kensington’s deprived boundaries. Yesterday it was announced that the tower would be pulled down. A more important to those who live with family and friends dead from the incident is that there … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, corporate risk, Defined benefit pension plan, LGPS
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A concrete proposal to Run on 4 Good.
I have had a PDF in my inbox for some time and I finally got to read it this morning. It’s from William McGrath, who many will know is a former CEO of Aga and someone who thinks a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, CDC, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Government, National Employment Savings Trust
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