Tag Archives: Derek Benstead
Am I being unfairly targeted?
It was all going so well. We’d had a great day working and a great night playing and we’d made it back to chalet 147 at Center parks and were tucked up in bed. But one of our company us was … Continue reading
How to have fun without breaking the bank
Well you wouldn’t have thought that the newly opened Center Parcs near Woburn would afford 200 actuaries and pension geeks a good time. But you’d be reckoning without the child within that drives First Actuarial at work and play. The … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, CDC, Center Parcs, monkey league, pension playpen
Tagged Alan Smith, CDC, Centre Parcs, Derek Benstead, first actuarial, Hilary Salt, Mark Riches, pension playpen, Peter Shellswell, Woburn
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CDC schemes and Ponzi Schemes – a guest blog by Derek Benstead
A tweet is long enough to write an idiocy but not long enough to make a reasoned argument. The quoted tweets from PJ Zoulias in Henry Tapper’s recent blog say nothing meaningful to give a reasoned response to. I’ll give … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, dc pensions, pensions, Retirement
Tagged CDC, Derek Benstead, Pensioin PlayPen, pension, Pension Plowman, Ponzi scheme
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In defence of genius.
Genius is not just misunderstood – it is persecuted. Those who didn’t get Copernicus, Galileo, Wordsworth or Darwin did not ignore these genius’, they set out to do them in. Bob Dylan when he laid out his Highway 61 album … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, CDC, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged Actuary, Business, Business and Economy, CDC, corporate governance, dc pensions, Derek Benstead, DWP, Financial services, GAD, Genius, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pensions Minister, Retirement, Steve Webb, Steve Webb MP, twitter
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CDC designed by an enlightened actuary -Derek Benstead!
When I started out in insurance my sales manager told me: “Don’t sell a solution until you’ve understood the problem.” So far, collective defined contribution is a solution that is so short on detail we can only suppose what … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, DA, DB, dc, Derek Benstead, first actuarial, pension, pensions
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