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Tag Archives: Financial Assistance Scheme
How to get the pension you’ve earned
In response to some earlier blogs, Alan Higham has made this comment on a Pension Play Pen discussion thread. Alan regularly features in my thinking as does Andy Young (of the “Young report” below). Both are actuaries who have translated … Continue reading
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Le Pension Crisis est Arrivé
Image via Wikipedia PWC report today that the value of DC pension pots has fallen by 30% in the last three years. This Telegraph article gives the grim details. This is not a paper loss which can be reversed if markets recover, … Continue reading
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Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Fiduciary Management, NEST, OECD, pension playpen, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Bank of England, Channel 4, corporate governance, corporate risk, customer service, Cyberbury, dc pensions, de-risking, England, Fiduciary Management, Financial Assistance Scheme, John Hutton, moneysavingexpert, NEST, OECD, pension, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, Public Sector Pensions, PWC, Quantitative easing, Retirement, RSA, Steve Webb
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Two and a half cheers for UK pensions
The other man’s grass is always greener or so it would seem if you work in the UK pension industry. Over the years we have got used to a succession of overseas dignitaries visiting our shores, speaking at our conferences and … Continue reading
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Posted in mallowstreet, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, redington, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, Treasury
Tagged Financial Assistance Scheme, Institute of Actuaries, mallowstreet, NEST, New Zealand, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, redington, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts Manufactures & Commerce, Royal Society of the Arts, South Africa, The PEnsion Regulator, Treasury, United States, USA
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A definitive solution to the annuity crisis.
It is time that we started using our existing infrastructure, the PPF, the DWP pension payment system and the ultimate covenant of the UK tax-payer to sort out this mess.
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Posted in annuity, pensions
Tagged annuity, Consumer price index, European Union, Financial Assistance Scheme, Insurance, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, Open Market Option, pension, Pension new, Pension Pound, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions, pensions, Retirement, Solvency II
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UK Pensions – How Lucky We Are
We should be proud of our pension system and I for one go into 2011 believing that America and other nations can look to the UK for leadership in this field. Continue reading
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Posted in annuity, pensions, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement
Tagged Alabama, annuity, City Council, Defined benefit pension plan, Financial Assistance Scheme, Lehman Brothers, New York Times, pension, Pension new, Pension Poverty, pensions, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, The PEnsion Regulator, United States
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