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Schroders talk of the importance of transparent stock markets in the UK.

I am very pleased to see a story on the importance of our stock markets to our economic well-being. A couple of weeks back the London Stock Exchange organised a group of the CEOs of companies quoted on its tiers … Continue reading

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A dozen or a baker’s dozen for arguments for and against WASPI (pt. 94)

Well I see no point either… Tom’s arguments are laid out in the Times and are straightforward. I mark agreement green “agree”, orange “maybe” and “red” , I don’t agree. Overall, I can’t agree with the Government wasting more time … Continue reading

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Opportunities for our pension funds ; quantum software on the doorstep.

I have written over the past few months of the opportunity for pension schemes to invest in Quantum Software. This blog was from last month, when I went to Scotland in September I was impressed by organisations organising funds for … Continue reading

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FT pension journalist Mary McDougall takes on “Asset Management”

Mary McDougall manages pension reporting for the FT and helps my blog a lot. I see this morning her name plastered on the asset management newsletter featuring US companies. I have taken her advice and subscribed to what is a … Continue reading

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Struggling to compute the risk of being paid a pension by Microsoft?

7.7% of my savings for retirement are invested in one company – Microsoft, more than a quarter in one sector, US technology. By comparison less than 4% of my savings are invested in the UK. When someone who runs a … Continue reading

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Tax Free Cash Payments a test of provider’s VFM? Help the FT find out.

I am keen to help the FT , I count Jo Cumbo and Mary McDougall as next door neighbours up here in London and they have put out a call to FT readers. I got a rap on the wrists … Continue reading

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A big question of Commonwealth emerges in our pension investment

The FT examines the empathy between Canada and British investment of pension schemes. In an article this morning with London’s Mary McDougall and Ilya Gridneff in Toronto Like the UK, Canada has been examining how to channel more pension assets to … Continue reading

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A fillip for pensions – mimicking Canada; Reeves pushes for UK investment

I’m picking up on an FT story this morning as I have been following this news live through Mary and Greg McClymont.  You can read the story here   Rachel Reeves will launch an initiative next week with 20 of … Continue reading

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We’re not spending, we’re hoarding – that’s not investing- it’s neurotic!

A couple of weeks ago , Claer Barrett wrote an article about the depression that is forcing money into short term savings plans (not into an investment into our and our country’s future). This weekend , the FT followed up … Continue reading

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The Pension Trust could run a Pension Superfund

You can read the press release from TPT about the £1bn launch being planned. I have worked with Edi Truell and know his intentions were to share returns from the Pension Superfund he wanted to launch with members. Sadly this … Continue reading

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