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A Pensions Mutual for a CDC.
It is good to launch a good news story and I can today. Last Monday, while talking “small pots” we got news from the FCA that the Pensions Mutual had been registered and sealed What is the Pensions Mutual? … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, collective, FCA, Income, pension, Pensions Mutual, Retirement, Secure
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A Pensions Mutual which will launch a CDC Pension within a year
It is good to launch a good news story and I can today. Last Monday, while talking “small pots” we got news from the FCA that the Pensions Mutual had been registered and sealed What is the Pensions Mutual? … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, collective, FCA, Income, pension, Pensions Mutual, Retirement, Secure
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Tribunal upholds bans and fines for reckless pension advisers and fund manager
This is an announcement on 18th February by the FCA The Upper Tribunal has upheld the FCA’s decisions to ban Stephen Joseph Burdett and James Paul Goodchild from working in financial services. Mr Burdett and Mr Goodchild previously held senior … Continue reading
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Tagged Darren Reynolds, FCA, Fraud, Stephen Joseph Burdett and James Paul Goodchild
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Guiide don’t beef with the FCA – a video record
Pension PlayPen’s coffee morning on Tuesday 10th February was a discussion of the FCA’s regulation regime for pension transfers. Here is the video of the hour long session. This is a world away from the discussions on DB and CDC … Continue reading
AI Live Testing: Can the FCA can support safe and responsible AI deployment?
We are caught in a bind about AI. Our pension pots depend on the Magnificent 7’s AI enterprise not being a bubble that bursts not just California’s technology but our retirement saving. But it’s more fundamental than that! This and … Continue reading
A new TPR? It needs a refresh and these projects to get going!
There are a number of initiatives going on at The Pensions Regulator. Yesterday I contributed to one of them – the “Vision” that is being lead by Elizabeth Renshaw-Ames You can read the project that the “Vision” is on this … Continue reading
Finfluence; a safer way to learn about money?
There has been a lot of discussion this week about whether we should stop the young from watching things on social media. I wonder if the readers of this blog are not prone to spending too much of their time … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, CDC, CDC Code, DWP, FCA, Financial services, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, Pensions, Retirement, TPR, VFM, workplace savings
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Isn’t “value for money” too late for DC workplace saving?
I enjoyed Kirby Rappell’s explanation of how his firm -” SuperRatings”- has succeeded in Australia providing consumers with value for money ratings on their “pensions”. You can hear him talking to Nico and Darren here on the latest podcast (#142) … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, CDC, CDC Code, DWP, FCA, Financial services, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, Pensions, Retirement, TPR, VFM, workplace savings
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Torsten Bell speaks in the VFM debate for the consumer.
What practically will the work on Value for Money mean to providers , employers and ultimately savers into our DC plans? We have this statement from the FCA We plan to offer roundtables and stakeholder events to discuss practical aspects … Continue reading
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Tagged Consumer, FCA, Pension Dashboard, Pensions, Torsten Bell, TPR
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Value for Money – a new way forward with a Pension Schemes Act?
The FCA have led the Value for Money, unlike previous versions where TPR led but hand in hand with it. The Government is progressing the Pension Schemes Bill 2025 to create new rules for certain trust-based pension schemes with defined … Continue reading
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Tagged FCA, Pension Scheme Bill, Pensions, Pensions Scheme Act, TPR, VFM
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