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Peoples;- for once the small print is good news!
Yesterday I published the news that People’s Pension has dropped its prices for those with larger balances which they estimate will lead to a 10% drop in overall fee income. That is good news, especially if you are in … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged £sd, charges, disclosure, FCA, People's Pension, tPP
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UK – OK! Disclosure battle won – now let’s win the peace.
The PPI have produced a really excellent paper “Charges, returns and transparency in DC – what can we learn from other countries?” The report, sponsored by Which? explores UK charges for pension schemes against those in the US, Australia, the … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, Dashboard, dc pensions, pensions
Tagged darren philp, David Farrar, disclosure, pensions, Smart, Value for Money
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The DWP sticks to its guns on disclosure
Disclosure of costs, charges and investments in DC occupational pensions Government Response The DWP have fulfilled on their promise to provide a disclosure framework for occupational DC pension schemes. From April 2019, anyone in a DC workplace pension will be … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, DWP, pensions
Tagged disclosure, DWP, pensions, Technology, Transparency
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The time is right for pension price disclosure.
Last week I went to the FCA to discuss price disclosure with the Regulator. The time is right for people to understand what they pay to have their pension managed. I am one of the few people who gets information on … Continue reading
Cost disclosure now! No more workplace pension NDAs!
Following Julius Pursaill’s excellent piece on value for money yesterday, I’m following up with some practical thoughts. The blog yesterday triggered a meeting with an IGC chair who probed me on the vfm scoring system that has been troubling me … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged disclosure, FCA, IA, IGC, Julius Purssaill, NDA, Transparency, trustee
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What’s the point of disclosure if it never gets seen?
Jo Cumbo has been writing some interesting pieces ( https://www.ft.com/content/787ad06e-7e7b-11e6-bc52-0c7211ef3198) on how what we need to know about our retirement savings can be delivered to us as we want it. We get our shopping or our meals to our door if … Continue reading
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Tagged Aviva, Business, communication, Digital Garage, disclosure, Employment, Financial services, ft, jo cumbo, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Scottish Widows
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If it’s not in the price- I’m not paying it.
All week I have been beset by those nasty little extras that add up. On Norwegian Airlines everything is extra, water, food , headsets , blankets – the duty free is more expensive than Tescos. It costs $50 to put … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged corporate governance, Cost, disclosure, governance, Transparency, Value for Money, VAT
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