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Riverside allegories for global flows of productive capital

It is a beautiful June morning with hundreds of Canadian geese on the river;  and a single black swan and a single white swan. My partner is sailing off the coast of Portugal and I am seeing allegories in the … Continue reading

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59k more claiming Pension Credits is a success for DWP

This blog refutes the argument that pension credit take up increase is bad news for the country. We should be really pleased! Clearly there are idiots out there who claim to be “analysts” and therefore right, but are bigots who … Continue reading

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Will LGPS remain woke in Reform pension committees?

I am rich enough to share an article by Toby Nangle in today’s digital FT. The big idea is saved to the end but you get the gist throughout, Reform matters in local Government and local government pensions are important … Continue reading

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ONS – bosses see pensions as “just a perk”, “taxation not covenant”.

  The ONS has produced a revealing chart that the FT has improved. It shows that while employers are putting more into auto-enrolled workplace pensions, they are putting less into Defined Benefit pensions for a number of reasons (none of … Continue reading

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Dutch and British pensions – step towards growing economies

The publication  in question is actually about Dutch relaxation of guarantees on benefits allowing pension schemes to invest more adventurously. Mary McDougall may not yet be ready to follow her predecessor, Jo Cumbo, who has no time for replacing safeguards … Continue reading

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Defending the defenceless is ethical; the money’s in my pension fund!

The FT, like the Telegraph, are keen to talk up the adamant attitude of People’s Pension and Nest to run ethical funds that do not invest in defence stocks. This despite calls from 100 Labour MPs to increase fund investment … Continue reading

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People’s sack State Street for all but a slither of its £33bn “pension”

If there’s a shock headline for the investment community it’s the news from Mary McDougall in today’s FT. More later in the day but as the sub-line says, this will be a shake up for American investment managers wanting to … Continue reading

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Spend your pension and have a bit of fun

Don’t spend your pension last Don’t spend your pension first Spend your pension. I like Moira O’Neil, she speaks to her readership. FT readers have pensions and most are wealthy. Many have advisers who are having to rethink their wisdom … Continue reading

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Will LGPS consolidation eat UK fund management?

You can take Toby Nangle out of Threadneedle but you can’t take funds out of the man. In contemplating the Chancellor’s express ambition to get the £360 431 bn into a single pot under the proxy-management of the Treasury, Toby starts … Continue reading

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Picking through the rubble – Robert Armstrong on yesterday’s rout

For those who don’t have an FT subscription, the daily emails from Robert Armstrong , making sense of markets, may be a mystery. For those who get these emails, there is no need to listen , read or watch further … Continue reading

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