Tag Archives: Frank Field

Frank Field – Companion of Honour.

Posted on October 23, 2021 by henry tapper

Very nice to see @frankfieldteam become a Companion of Honour. New Year Honours: Political veteran Frank Field given exclusive honour https://t.co/W5vu0IdTLf — Dave Brooks (@PensionsDave) December 31, 2021   Frank Field is dying and dying as he has lived, in … Continue reading →

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Mr Field – you want a common measure for value for money? I’ve got one!

Posted on August 6, 2019 by henry tapper

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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What WPS is ACTUALLY saying about pension transparency

Posted on August 5, 2019 by henry tapper

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 →

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Open pensions – not closed meetings!

Posted on December 2, 2018 by henry tapper

  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 →

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Pensions “Shock and Awe”

Posted on December 1, 2018 by henry tapper

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 →

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Frank Field – a Labour warrior.

Posted on August 31, 2018 by henry tapper

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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Let’s make “Legacy” a thing of the past.

Posted on August 19, 2018 by henry tapper

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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Higher costs – lower pay-outs? Fact or fiction.

Posted on August 6, 2018 by henry tapper

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 →

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Con Keating on the Rules of Evidence and The Defined Benefit White Paper.

Posted on April 14, 2018 by henry tapper

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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Frank Field helps us spend our pensions

Posted on April 4, 2018 by henry tapper

  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 →

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