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Tag Archives: Freedoms
Are defaults enough? Or do we need compulsion?
Well I’m back from 10 days in India where I saw the very rich and the very poor but not much in the middle. I saw some very fine architecture which showed me what can be done when people … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Drawdown, Freedoms, ft, josephine cumbo, Pension Freedoms, pensions
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Was DC the only choice for the Tata Steelworkers?
Speaking on the radio yesterday, John Ralfe called the decision of Tata Staff to accept the loss of future accrual into a final salary scheme in exchange for a 10% contribution into a DC pension fund as … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, FinTech, Jersey, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Politics, pot
Tagged British Steel, Defined Ambition, Freedoms, pension freedom, pensions, Ros Altmann, Steve Webb, tata, Tata steel, Technology
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Doesn’t pension freedom extend to Defined Benefits?
The debate about the assumptions we use to decide the state of our defined benefit schemes is in full swing. On the one hand you have those, like John Ralfe who use an approach which ensures that there’s always enough … Continue reading
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Tagged DB, defined benefit, Derek Benstead, first actuarial, Freedoms, Guarantee, John Ralfe, pensions, PPF7800, Rob Hammond, The Pensions Regulator, TPR
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Supply-side woes , buy-side goes; the disappearing pension billions
It’s not hard to spend a billion, not if you’re a nation that knows how to spend but finds it hard to save. As Osborne found, a generation of planning can be unwound in a minute. Were the tax rules … Continue reading
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Tagged Actuarial science, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, CDC, DWP, Freedoms, Pension Freedoms, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Steve Webb, TPAS
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Is commission really dying?
There has been nothing that has so harmed the image of pensions over the past thirty years as the deception of commission. I don’t want to use phrases such as “lack of transparency” or words like “opacity” words like these … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Payroll, pension playpen, pensions
Tagged advisers, annuity, auto enrolment, Business, Commission, DWP, FCA, Freedoms, Human Resources, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, the deception
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Aren’t pensions worth a mention in this election?
Why has there been so little comment this election campaign on pensions? When the rabbit came out of the hat in #Budget2014, many thought the freedom of pensions was the Conservatives great “retail offer”. Has Steve Webb diluted its political … Continue reading
Will pension freedoms be the death of Defined Benefit?
I thought it was the last supper (or at least the last pension playpen lunch). We had twelve men around the table (no women) and there was sombre expectation as we considered the impact small changes in tax legislation … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator
Tagged annuity, Business, Con Keating, dc pensions, defined benefit, defined benefit pension, Defined Contribution, Freedoms, Government, last supper, pension, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Protection Fund, Pension Regulator, pensions, Politics, ppf, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, state pension, Steve Webb
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What should employers do about pensions?
Employers pay pensions – don’t they? It’s baked into the DNA of Government social policy that a part of the welfare system is managed by employers prepared to fund an employee benefit that provides a certain income in retirement. So … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, corporate risk, dc, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Defined Contribution, DWP, employer, Employment, Freedoms, Government, Insurance, Money, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb, Work
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How competitive is our private pension system?
We are three months away from the launch of the new pension freedoms and not much is happening. There ain’t nothing shaking but the leaves on the trees! NEST has issued a lengthy consultation on what it should … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, art of pensions, bank accounts, Business, CDC, competition, corporate governance, corporate risk, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Employment, FCA, Fidelity, Freedoms, Government, Guidance, Insurance, Insurers, L&G, Laura Perks- Art, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pendragon, Pension Freedoms, Pension new, pensions, Retirement, simon freeman, Standard Life, Steve Webb, TPAS, Treasury, trees, Zurich
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