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Being all things to everyone’s annoying – Aon should not annoy DWP/HMT
This was a week when Aon brought employers “all things to all private sector employers” All private companies run workplace pension schemes so Aon run a product for every pension saver. The net accessible market for Aon is every employer … Continue reading
Collective Pensions have two good friends in Kerstin and Terry!
It has been a hot week in more ways than one! I have been amazed that a Director of the Department of Work and Pensions decided to post something that may change the way we think about workplace pensions … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, collective, DWP, Kerstin, Kerstin Parker, Parker, Pensions, Puyllinger, Terry
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Have Pensions had such good ministers and advisers in Parliament? HMT, DWP and beyond look sorted.
I am pleased to see the junior ministers appointed by Andy Burnham yesterday. I have included all that are new, those who are reappointed and those who are gone in this blog It tells good news for the House … Continue reading
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Tagged Bell, Davies, DWP, house of commons, House of Lords, MP, Pensions, Pitt-Watson, state pension, Timms, Treasury
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Quite a discussion of how a trade union embraces CDC. Watch the session – it’s good!
It was quite a pension playpen coffee morning. Sit down in your chair in your drawing room, kitchen, the train, bus or the car (if you aren’t driving). Press the command on the YouTube and sit back This is a … Continue reading
Healey is back in No 11, we wish him an easier ride than Denis- a predecessor
One Minister collects our taxes while the other pays them back; can you tell who is who? I must be careful to get our ministers right. The Chancellor the Exchequer has the red tie , while the SOS of DWP … Continue reading
Timelines for DC, CDC and DB to deliver income with VFM
Not much policy can have ambition to “chart the course to a pensions system fit for the 21st century“. That’s how Torsten Bell talks of his workplace pension work. Here is what the charting of the next ten years looks. … Continue reading
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Tagged DWP, pension, Pensions, Pot, Scale, Torsten Bell, workplace Pensions
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Our DC pensions will improve following the Pension Schemes Act; but by £29,000?
David Robbins questions whether a headline in the DWP’s report is responsible. DWP’s press release about the Pension Schemes Bill delivering a “retirement boost of £29k” is absurd for obvious and non-obvious reasons. First, the obvious part. – The projected … Continue reading
“Retirement Wage”; a better name for CDC
At a recent Professional Pensions webinar, Black Rock’s seminar saw Massi Delle Donnne point out that CDC is not a very catchy name. He called for a better one, well here it is Massi! CDC isn’t much good and we … Continue reading
DB Surpluses could and should make pensions fairer for the young
We talk about pension gaps; gaps between men and women, gaps between public and private sector pensions, but we are careful not to offend employers who have relics of defined benefit (an enormous burden) pensions and ongoing workplace pensions ( … Continue reading
A major manager takes CDC seriously. Will assets move en masse from DC to CDC workplace pensions?
I published this article last week and no one read it! I’ll try again, this time with a little more focus. If you want to know the impact that CDC is beginning to make on the market – read on. … Continue reading