Tag Archives: Employment

Con Keating’s CDC Question time

Posted on August 28, 2021 by henry tapper

This note responds to the questions raised by members of the audience of the webinar: Fair, Sufficient and Sustainable Collective Defined Contribution Pensions;  It quotes them anonymously, verbatim, and then offers responses. It is worth bearing in mind that in … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

The devil is in these pension increases

Posted on June 16, 2021 by henry tapper

Yesterday I was writing about the need to be pragmatic about the indexation of our pensions. Today I read in the FT that the calculation rules for the triple lock mean that pensioners could be in for an 8% rise … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sorting the Pension Gender Gap needs more than a nudge

Posted on April 29, 2021 by henry tapper

  I’ve turned back to the research done by State Street and People’s Pension on the pension adequacy. The report came out a while ago and it’s not had the attention it needs or deserves, you can read it here. … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Will technology save lifestyle?

Posted on April 8, 2021 by henry tapper

No sooner have I published a blog announcing that AgeWage is embarking on research on how lifestyle has actually done, than I read a post in Professional Pensions from Julius Pursaill explaining how a master trust he advises is going … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Consumers mustn’t pay to clean up the FCA’s mess.

Posted on December 21, 2020 by henry tapper

This is a post from Gina Miller on Linked in.  It poses a question about accountability The Gloster Report into #LCF is a damning indictment of failures at the FCA – Whilst my blood boils on behalf of millions of victims … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Can Government put social freedom back in the bottle?

Posted on September 9, 2020 by henry tapper

LATEST: All social gatherings of more than 6 people will be banned in England under new Covid-19 limits to be announced tomorrow by PM Boris Johnson. The police will have new powers to disperse and fine any group larger than … Continue reading →

Posted in coronavirus | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

GAD shows you can’t take “company” out of “company pensions” #TATA

Posted on September 26, 2016 by henry tapper

So the mysterious volte face by the Government over the Tata Steel pensions rescue package is a mystery no more. The FT, led by super-snooper Jo Cumbo have unearthed the GAD submission to the DWP consultation on solutions to the … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

What’s the point of disclosure if it never gets seen?

Posted on September 24, 2016 by henry tapper

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 →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Too Expensive to Keep? Is it time to break our promises to the baby boomers?

Posted on September 21, 2016 by henry tapper

In a stunning lecture delivered without notes to a “senior” audience at the Oxford and Cambridge Club last night, Paul Johnson helped us ask these questions of ourselves. For his audience was by and large – precisely the entitled class … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

“Strap me in and platform me up”

Posted on September 2, 2016 by henry tapper

  One of the great financial mysteries of Britain today is the success of fund platforms. Last night, light was shed on their murky secrets by a high priest of their dark arts at a talk I attended in a … Continue reading →

Posted in pensions | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments