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Are we in a stock market crash?
I’m not bothered about market corrections, I live on wages and pensions not on drawdowns from equity funds. But most people I know of my age or above, are dependent on the markets for their income and they are right … Continue reading
Why do DB transfer values make me sick?
One of the things ordinary people find hardest to work out is why their share of a defined benefit scheme can go up when stock markets go down. This happened last month where the stock market fell. But in August, … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, BSPS, FCA, pensions
Tagged actuaries, DB pensions, equities, gilts, pensions, shares, Transfer values, XPS
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Catch a falling knife?
For the first time since we had pension freedoms , we have a market that appears out of control. As I write, the London Stock Exchange is preparing to open, with the FTSE lagging the S&P by 2.5%. We are … Continue reading
We do not restore confidence on our own – we do it together
Today we see the launch of the Government’s new industrial strategy. Five Live’s “Wake up to Money” program came from the white heat of a Coventry industrial research plant. Last week Nigel Wilson called for us to put back the Capital into Capitalism … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged Aviva, Aviva Investors, Bonds, equities, Equity, Mark Wilson, Neil Woodford, Nigel Wilson, Patient Capital, pensions, The Pension Regulator
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Are bonds “suitable” assets to meet the promises of a pension plan?
Pension funds are struggling to find suitable assets in which to invest, says Pat Race of KPMG in an article in FTfm. The headline of the article is that “North American Pension Funds grow assets faster than their … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged Accrual, Bonds, equities, IRR, John Ralfe, LDI, pensions
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“Investment advisory fees up 14%” -why?
Can someone explain what is meant by an investment advisory fee in this context? The report appears in Financial Planning Today which describes itself as the daily news website for Financial Planners, Paraplanners and Wealth Managers. The article doesn’t mention … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged Bonds, charges, equities, fee gap, Fees, Fitz and Partners, Funds, investment advisors, RDR, Transparency, Transparency Task Force
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Pensions Resurgent! The merit of the CWU’s proposals to the Royal Mail
For the third day I am returning to the CWU’s proposals to the Royal Mail which I now consider the most important break through in pension scheme design we have seen in Britain this century. I base this on three … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, David Pitt-Watson, dc pensions, defined ambition, defined aspiration, pensions
Tagged CDC, CWU, David Pitt-Watson, Defined benefi, Eddy Truell, equities, Infrastructure, Linked in, pension, pensions, PIC, Royal Mail
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John Ralfe, Ros Altmann and the cost of central heating.
John Ralfe kindly promoted my article on the lack of diversity in the AE review. The AE review and the pension stitch up. https://t.co/8585n7hOEL via @henryhtapper is spot on — John Ralfe (@JohnRalfe1) February 11, 2017 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Responsible John By … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged Bonds, CDC, central heating, equities, John Ralfe, pensioner poverty, Ros Altmann
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These are the Good Times for savers and investors!
It is very rare that savers get told they’re “having it good”, but if you’re saving into a workplace pension default , you’ve just had a great 12 months. I’m looking at a piece of paper that tells me … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged entrepreneurs, equities, Housing, investors, Monkman, Savers, Technology
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Prof Mike Otsuka on First Actuarial and USS’ different approaches to self-sufficiency!
This article has been published by Mike Osuka on his blog. You can read the original here; http://tinyurl.com/j82en9s . Mike is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method at the London School of Economics. He’s kindly … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, pensions
Tagged assets, equities, gilts, LSE, pensions, Professor Mike Ostuka, self suffeciency, USS
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