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Mr Field – you want a common measure for value for money? I’ve got one!
In the Work and Pension Select Committee’s report on pension transparency, one demand has caught the imagination of the pension community You can read Kim Kaveh’s excellent article here. Professional Pensions ran the question on its Pension Buzz survey and … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Frank Field, Money, Transparency, value, Value for Money, VFM, Work and Pensions Select Committee, WPC
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What WPS is ACTUALLY saying about pension transparency
The headlines are about “rip-off” pension charges, but the WPS Select Committee’s report is a wide-ranging investigation into the transparency of the pensions industry and not a sensationalist attack on charges. It sets out its stall in the pre-amble. There should … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, DWP, Frank Field, pensions, W&P Select, Work and Pensions Select Committee, WPS
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Open pensions – not closed meetings!
In advance of an expected announcement on the pensions dashboard on Monday, Frank Field has published a letter to Guy Opperman and his Work and Pensions Select Committee and has published the findings of a round table with the “pension … Continue reading
Posted in Dashboard, dc pensions, pensions
Tagged ABI, AgeWage, Amber Rudd, Dashboard, Frank Field, Guy Opperman, IA, open pensions, pensions, PLSA
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Pensions “Shock and Awe”
Next week looks like being a big one for Pensions with the Pensions Minister summoning the dasboardistas to Westminster on Monday morning for the big reveal. This meeting is scheduled to last an hour and will mean I will be … Continue reading
Posted in alvin hall, pensions
Tagged ABI, Costs and charges, Frank Field, IA, lipkin, meech, pensions, PLSA, Transparency, Work and Pensions
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Frank Field – a Labour warrior.
Frank Field Quits Labour Party https://t.co/lr5COhPfCq pic.twitter.com/yVXTAild4f — Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) August 30, 2018 Yesterday I reported that Chris Sier and Andy Agethangelou were appearing in front of Frank Field’s Work and Pensions Select Committee. Today I’m writing about Frank … Continue reading
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Tagged Frank Field, ft, jo cumbo, pensions, Work and Pensions Select Committee
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Let’s make “Legacy” a thing of the past.
It’s hard not to feel a twinge of sympathy for Richard Smith. Concur with that. Those working with the 6% don’t. Comments on my document haven’t gone down that well – then again, I wasn’t really expecting it to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Balzac, Frank Field, legacy, pension, Policy, Transparency, WPC
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Higher costs – lower pay-outs? Fact or fiction.
This is the first of seven blogs I will write, that will by September 3rd, form my submission to the Work and Pension Select Committee’s inquiry into pension transparency. Today’s exam question is; Do higher-cost providers deliver higher performance, or simply … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions, WPC
Tagged Frank Field, pensions, Value for Money, VFM, WPC
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Con Keating on the Rules of Evidence and The Defined Benefit White Paper.
This post is from Con Keating and first appeared in Portfolio Institutional Alongside its new DB white paper (Protecting Defined Benefit Pension Schemes) the Department of Work and Pensions published a summary of the responses to the earlier DB Green … Continue reading
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Tagged Con Keating, DB, defined benefit, Frank Field, pensions
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Frank Field helps us spend our pensions
Here is the main recommendation of Frank Field and the Workplace Pension Select Committee’sfinal report of its inquiry into Pension freedom and choice published today. We recommend every pension provider offering drawdown is required, by April 2019, to offer a default … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, Big Government, pensions
Tagged CDC, Frank Field, Mid life MOT, NEST, pensions, Pensions Dashboard, Work and Pensions Selecto Comittee
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Westminster rocks as Minister pledges support for CDC.
There was a good news story playing out in Committee Room 6 of the Westminster Palace yesterday morning. A good news story, that is, if you fancy a pension from your workplace pension scheme. … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Frank Field, pensions, Ronan Keating, Ronan O'Connor, westminster
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