Tag Archives: DWP

CDC’s risks are stacked against their funders

Posted on April 20, 2024 by henry tapper

Would you invest your pension in a company that set up CDC schemes? I’m writing under the Chatham House rule which means I can only quote myself. Yesterday I sat on a 21 person Zoom call to discuss how CDC … Continue reading →

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The Pension Dashboard has a new boss

Posted on April 18, 2024 by henry tapper

The appointment of a new Senior Reporting Officer (SRO) to the Pension Dashboard Program is long overdue. When Laura Trott announced by  a dashboard reset on March 2nd 2023,  her parliamentary statement included Given these delays, I have initiated a … Continue reading →

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Whatever became of inter-generational solidarity?

Posted on April 9, 2024 by henry tapper

Intergenerational solidarity is best understood within the context of shared expectations and obligations regarding the ageing of individuals and the succession of generations. This contract across generations and age groups represents the norms operating at the micro- and macro-levels of social … Continue reading →

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The video , the slides and the feedback on Con Keating’s data tour de force.

Posted on April 3, 2024 by henry tapper

Though Dr Iain Clacher never quite made it onto the webcast, attendants of Pension PlayPen’s last webinar of the financial year were treated to the sombre tones of Dr Con Keating who talked us through the anomalies between data supplied … Continue reading →

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No more monkey business on the DB funding code and regs.

Posted on March 11, 2024 by henry tapper

This blog suggests that the Government’s consultation on the DB funding regulations and the yet to be published DB funding code is monkey business. The DWP should take a step back before making more mistakes. After  years of too-ing and … Continue reading →

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Do DB pensions matter? It seems not.

Posted on February 24, 2024 by henry tapper

Compare and contrast how the DWP are selling themselves to the public #ThreeThingsThatMatter – Pensions Special pic.twitter.com/8zfCVD4jeu — Department for Work and Pensions (@DWPgovuk) February 22, 2024 and how they are promoting themselves to the pensions industry “The government is … Continue reading →

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Keating and Clacher’s review of the DWP’s proposed Funding Regulations

Posted on February 10, 2024 by henry tapper

A Brief Review of the DWP’s Impact Assessment of the proposed Occupational Pension Schemes Funding and Investment Strategy and Amendment Regulations The Impact Assessment is fifty pages long; much of which is concerned only with minutiae. However, the headline conclusion … Continue reading →

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Pension Dashboards -no pot should be left behind

Posted on February 3, 2024 by henry tapper

Pensions dashboards are an electronic communications service, that will revolutionise the way people interact with their pensions by allowing individuals to see their pensions information, including the State Pension, in one place online – at the touch of their laptop, … Continue reading →

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Time has moved on – and so must HMRC . Ark pension fraud (pt. 94)

Posted on January 5, 2024 by henry tapper

Good for the FT for giving publicity to the ongoing agony of the Arc pension fraud victims. This is a specialist pension blog and so has covered the fraud many times over the years. Sue Flood has had her testimony … Continue reading →

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Snooping on the vulnerable – 22.4m people targeted by DWP

Posted on January 3, 2024 by henry tapper

In photo Prem Sikka and Bryn Davies, two Lords who are actually doing their jobs scrutinising the Data Protection Bill. I hope that more people watch this video that were watching in the Upper House, because what is under discussion … Continue reading →

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