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Pension committees “stay alert”!
Alarm bells rang when I read Stephanie Hawthorne’s report on the reaction of some Pension Schemes to the challenges of the current pandemic ‘Lockdown spikes fears of democratic deficit in LGPS’ A survey of 83 local authorities conducted … Continue reading
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Tagged ft, Jeff Houston, LGPS, Local Government, Pension Age, pensions, Stephanie Hawthorne
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All plans off for DB funding proposals
I’m sorry to have missed the FT’s DB funding debate, it sounds like a lively affair! Mercer, the professional services firm, last week estimated the aggregate accounting deficit for DB schemes for the UK’s 350 largest listed companies was £52bn … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, Blogging, dc pensions, de-risking, defined ambition, DWP, pensions
Tagged DB, DB funding, DB pensins, DWP, ft, John Ralfe, SteveWebb, TPR
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A dashboard of everything?
Is the Pandemic- a regulatory challenge or opportunity? More than 30 consumer protection measures in the UK have been put on hold since COVID outbreak. Regulators need to guard against lobbying to make these interim measures permanent. https://t.co/5lbFgbVXYF — Josephine … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, Dashboard, de-risking, pensions
Tagged Cornoavirus, COVID19, Dashboard, dashboard of everything, FCA, ft, jo cumbo, Technology, TPR
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Polarised or bi-polar? DB transfers today.
Back in November, I reported on Ruston Smith’s initiative at Tesco to provide his colleagues with help finding the right type of adviser. AgeWage had been helping Ruston promote this to other firms earlier in the year and I’m glad … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Rush, DB transfers, ft, Reason, ruston smith, Tescos
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Jo’s pension manifesto
Sometimes someone comes out with a simple statement that makes sense of all the noise. Jo Cumbo launched her pension manifesto in the pages of Pensions Expert this week and I don’t want them to be lost to readers of … Continue reading
Giving doctors a break
“82% of consultants say they are are or are planning cutting down on work” – Dr Tony Goldstone You can listen here to Dr Goldstone explain the issues facing doctors who find themselves on the cliff edge of taxation and … Continue reading
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Tagged annual allowance, ft, NHS, pensions, Taper, Tony Goldstone
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Cyber-power; is Facebook our new Government?
When your bobbing up and down on the Thames in a wooden boat for a few days, it’s difficult to imagine how tech platforms are changing the world, but returning to terra- firma and reading “the Fracturing of the Global … Continue reading
British Steel – workplace pensions go missing
Maria Espadinha’s excellent article in the FT’s Advisor clarifies to financial advisers that were Greybull to go into administration, there would be no impact on the new BSPS. It’s a timely reminder as there will undoubtedly be increased vulnerability amongst traumatised … Continue reading
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Tagged BSPS, ft, FTadvisor, Greybull, Maria Espidhana, tata, workplace Pensions
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“We want freedom and choice and we want simplification too”.
Pensions. Tax. Benefits. Each over-complex. When combined: lethal. We shouldn’t blame pension freedoms for the mistakes caused by governments’ habit of making everything too complicated. We want freedom and choice and we want simplification too. — Stuart Fowler (@fowlerdrew) February … Continue reading