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How to have fun without breaking the bank
Well you wouldn’t have thought that the newly opened Center Parcs near Woburn would afford 200 actuaries and pension geeks a good time. But you’d be reckoning without the child within that drives First Actuarial at work and play. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Smith, CDC, Centre Parcs, Derek Benstead, first actuarial, Hilary Salt, Mark Riches, pension playpen, Peter Shellswell, Woburn
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10 reasons why I’m proud to work for @firstactuarial
No wonder we’ve been nominated as Actuarial Employer of the Year. Wouldn’t you rather be working for us? Continue reading
CDC designed by an enlightened actuary -Derek Benstead!
When I started out in insurance my sales manager told me: “Don’t sell a solution until you’ve understood the problem.” So far, collective defined contribution is a solution that is so short on detail we can only suppose what … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, DA, DB, dc, Derek Benstead, first actuarial, pension, pensions
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Why Bill Gross so doesn’t matter
I went to a posh PIMCO conference at the Langham Hotel, I got very bored and left after the first session. Later that week PIMCO announced that their bond guru Bill Gross had left them. The story was that … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Gross, Bonds, first actuarial, Gross, Markets, New Neutral, Pimco, Research
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Post budget capacity challenge for insurers
Scottish Widows boss Toby Strauss has told the Telegraph that his company is already facing a capacity crunch as it digests the impact of legislative changes over the past two years and faces the challenges of 2015. The … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, auto-enrolment, brand, pensions
Tagged ABI, annuity, Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, Financial services, first actuarial, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement, Scottish Widows, Society, Strategy, the Telegraph, toby strauss
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Why I work for First Actuarial
First Actuarial celebrates its 10th anniversary this year and it has a lot to celebrate Record profits with turnover up from £12.5m to £14m All nine of the original Founders in place – now joined by a further 8 … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, DWP, Employment, First Actuaial, first actuarial, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, pensions, Retirement
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Sign up for The First Actuarial Monkey League -2014 !
You can save yourself reading 644 words of Pension Plowman pontification and sign up for the Monkey League here. Or you can read the blog and take your decisions at the end. Here’s why I’m promoting our Monkey … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Education, First Actuarial, monkey league, pensions
Tagged Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, First Actuairal, first actuarial, Investing, Investment, Investment management, monkey league, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, pensions
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Making every minute count -effective Guidance at Retirement
Many people say that you cannot do much to really help people in a thirty minute guidance session. I disagree; more importantly, Michelle Cracknell disagrees. Michelle is the CEO of The Pension Advisory Service … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, At REtirement, Budget, Business, Employment, Financial services, first actuarial, Government, Guidance, pension, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, TPAS
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Why do we treat charitable pension schemes as if they were for profit?
Charities are charitable and different – it should go without saying but it seems that many pensions people haven’t worked this out, Why are they different? Firstly they are not for profit and typically view their work as infinitely valuable in … Continue reading
Why I wanted to be Pensions Personality of the Year 2014.
If we measured personality by Klout score then it would be won by an algorithm as faceless as the inventor of Bitcoins. Continue reading