Tag Archives: Denmark
Can pensions be stretched to finance all causes?
Tom and Jo are as one and this will have to replace this morning’s Pension PlayPen coffee morning as a debating point. (I apologise – we ran out of runway for one week) If Britain thinks it is alone in … Continue reading
Scotland beat off Vikings- I’m on an early morning trip to Inverness and Kyle Lochalsh!
My partner and I stepped into the Caledonian Lounge of Euston Station to await our boarding of the sleeper train to Inverness. But it was to meet with Scots and especially footballing Scots ready to watch Scotland attempt to defeat … Continue reading
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Tagged Denmark, Gleneagles, Kyle of Lochalsh, OInverness, Scotland, Stirling
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The Michelle and Morten show at parliament- impressive but to the point?
The General Committee’s meetings with 23 “experts” has something a little celebratory about it. This one with Michelle Ostermann and Brightwell’s Morten Nilsson has got a TV “couples show” written all over it. This is Michelle introducing herself but she … Continue reading
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Tagged Brightwell, BT, Canada, consolidation, Denmark, Michelle, Morten, pension, ppf
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Not everyone can get a personalised pension – but that doesn’t make Per wrong!
Per Linnemann is asking whether target date funds might use his technology, the ‘iTDF,’ to create a seamless transition from pre-retirement savings to safe income during the first 20 years of retirement. This blog asks whether he is right or … Continue reading
“Transparency – your tide is coming in!”
King Canute was a wise king, he died (where I was born) in Shaftesbury, he was a Viking who became our Christian king, he taught his court that he could not hold back the waves and that there was … Continue reading
NOW – for something completely different.
Amid all the noise of auto-enrolment , one master trusts has put its head down and got on with mending a damaged reputation by hard work and through decent behaviour. I’m talking about NOW pensions. NOW was set up by … Continue reading
Posted in napf, NEST, now, pensions
Tagged Amy Mankelow, ATP, auto enrolment, Business, Confidence, Denmark, Jocelyn Blackwell, Moreton nillson, net-pay, NOW Pensions, pension playpen, pensions, trustees
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The Pension Industry cannot serve two masters
Pensions are at a crossroads. For 30 years they have been travelling in the direction of the financial services and we could continue that direction of travel. We could turn left and go Dutch or turn right and adopt the American … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, dc pensions, NEST, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Auden, CDC, Denmark, Dutch, Founder, governance, IGC, pensions, regulation, Regulator, trustee, US, Watershed
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Now Pensions – Danegeld ,fools gold or a new beginning?
The sooner they can publish the detail the better.
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, mallowstreet, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, Personal Accounts, Retirement
Tagged Denmark, Federation of Small Businesses, Financial services, James Goldsmith, Legal & General, National Employment Savings Trust, Nigel Waterson, pension, Pension Trust, Steve Webb
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