Tag Archives: Department for Work and Pensions

DC investors -are we panicking?

The stock market has fallen 10% in a week and chances are , so’s the value of your pension account. You probably lost considerably more than you earned and if certain “experts” are to be believed, you may be penning your … Continue reading

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Accounts and accountability-who pays for NESTCorp?

I am a lover of NEST– of collective DC – of private and public partnerships that bring better funded pensions to people for whom the current system cannot reach. I have made my own private submission to the Work and … Continue reading

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A massive failure of nerve – the sad state of our DC pensions

Last year 460,000 people bought annuities from their DC pensions, Two thirds of these people did not bother to get the best rate for their accumulated funds and as a result suffered on average a 10% lower pension than those who did. Continue reading

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Pension Playpen lunch- the new consensus

Next lunch is Monday December 6th- same place but we’ll be doing a Christmas special. Continue reading

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