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“Confusion rife!” and not just over the new state pension.
The DWP Select Committee has published its report “Understanding the New State Pension” this morning. The accompanying Press release calls for clear statements of entitlement while stopping short of calling for changes to those entitlements. The Work and Pensions Committee’s … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, auto enrolment, Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, DWP select committee, Employment, Financial services, Frank Field, National Employment Savings Trust, New State Pension, pension, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann, state pension, Steve Webb
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Auto-Enrolment must learn from WASPI
Over 100,000 people have signed the WASPI petition demanding that Government review the increases in state pension age for women in their fifties. I admire the WASPI women for bypassing the usual channels and making their point directly to Government. They’ve proved … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Employment, Financial services, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, pensions, Retirement, WASPI
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Self-help – Can you “DIY pensions”?
“The instruction manual is missing” – the first thing my partner said when she opened her new smartphone, I’d kindly donated her for Christmas. I was close to having a Michael Winner moment. “That’s because you learn how to do … Continue reading
60% of UK wealth manager’s customers getting “unsuitable advice”?!?
This arrives in an email from my friend Per Andelius. It refers to the FCA thematic review that can be found here. It’s a brilliantly written article and if anyone knows its source, please send it me, as I would … Continue reading
Choice – we love to have it – we hate to use it!
Choice – a mass of contradictions I’ve noted before that choice is something we feel we cannot do without but is something we generally cannot deal with. It is rare that the phrase ” I had no choice” is used in … Continue reading
Tidings of great joy from the ICAEW
Auto-enrolment is a worry to accountants. Estimates are pretty consistent that around two thirds of all employers staging auto enrolment will look to accountants for compliance with auto-enrolment regulations and help with choosing and setting up a workplace pension. Unfortunately … Continue reading
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Tagged accountants, auto enrolment, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, fact sheet, Financial services, Friends of Auto-Enrolment, Government, ICAEW, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, PI insurance, Politics, Risk, The Pensions Regulator, TPR, Workie
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Jeroen Wilbrink has solved the Pension Crisis – but is anyone listening?
There’s no doubting Jeroen’s brilliance – here he goes off on one; two questions – is anyone listening ….and is he bonkers? Yes, I have resolved the pension crisis. And thank you LinkedIn, for providing me with the … Continue reading
Pensions are dead – long live pensions!
The OECD have spoken – British workers will have worse pensions than folk from any other OECD country; this from Patrick Collinson in the Guardian. Workers in the UK will have the worst pensions of any major economy and the … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business, Business and Economy, corporate governance, dc pensions, Financial services, grave, Guardian, OECD, Patrick Collinson, pensions, Politics, Tax, Taxation
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Confirmation Bias: advice from Simon & Garfunkel
This is a blog from Paul Craven, the amazingly talented and disarmingly modest ex Goldman Sachs Banker cum behavioural scientist. This is such a wonderful piece of writing that I’d value it, even if I didn’t agree with it. But … Continue reading
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Tagged Behavioural economics, Business, financial education, Financial services, Paul Craven, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement
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Pothole follows member
At one moment, as I sneakily followed the autumn statement on twitter (while supposed to be doing strategy), I heard the Chancellor remark Over the next five years the Government will spend £250m to pay for pothole repairs This has … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Business and Economy, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, Financial services, jo cumbo, Paul Lewis, Pot, pothole, Steve Webb
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