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Combining pensions – what are Dan and Steve really up to?

Posted on August 22, 2022 by henry tapper

  Dan Mikulskis and Steve Webb have teamed up to write a paper aimed at people considering combining their pension pots. They are writing for the kind of sophisticated consumer who knows their way around pensions and is thinking of … Continue reading →

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Royal Mail’s pension; kick out the experts

Posted on May 2, 2017 by henry tapper

A wage in retirement – not a dump of cash At the back end of last week,  Royal Mail rejected the CWU’s proposal to establish a new defined benefit scheme designed to keep posties accruing a pension based on career … Continue reading →

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DB pensions; experts are the problem, people are the answer.

Posted on January 19, 2017 by henry tapper

  The best thing (for me) about going to the international Longevity Centre’s launch of their study of DB deficits was John. I’d seen him when I walked into the committee room in the House of Lords, he had his … Continue reading →

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We don’t believe in “experts” anymore

Posted on January 16, 2017 by henry tapper

The phrase in the title is a favourite of my boss – Hilary Salt – if you read this on holiday in California –   Nothing convinces me more that experts are not to be trusted than my being called a … Continue reading →

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