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Richard Jones at Pension PlayPen today? Yes please!
How good it is to have someone I want to see , doing the promoting on his social feed! and then see it again? But you could stick with your local blog The meeting will be all the more pertinent … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Government, Nick Jones, pension playpen, Pensions, TPR
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Ros Altmann in 2020 on the Pension Action Group’s progress to that date
It has been over 5 years since I published this blog on the Pensions Action Group. My blog is not worth a great deal of time and I enjoy it for a picture I took on the stripper’s beach in … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Young, DB, Government, pension, ppf, Retirement, Ros Altmann
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“The payment of tax is voluntary” – a useful thought from Laurence.
This wonderful post from our new friend Laurence , explains that taxation is owned by the people who pay it. If they don’t feel they own it, they won’t pay it. Let us not let Laurence’s tee-shirt become a … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, Employment, Government, Laurence Field, pension playpen, Tax, Taxation, Treasury
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At last a plan for all pension schemes to pay pensions.
The shot is of Terry Pullinger speaking at a First Actuarial Conference many years ago. He , one company (Royal Mail), and a few enlightened advisers got CDC going. This blog is a reminder of where what we are enjoying … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensions, CD, CDC, DB, dc, dc pensions, DWP, Government, Pensions
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We don’t need austerity, we need to invest and grow
Martin Woolf has produced an econium to growth and posted it in the FT. People care about their standard of living. Democracy is simply far stronger if it is possible for everybody to become better off. Growth provides that. … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensions, Business, Ecopnium, Employment, Government, growth, Investment, Martin Woolf, pension, Pensions, Tax, Treasury, workplace Pensions
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CDC’s got a hard centre. Tough talking from DWP (4 TPR)
This blog bites inside the sweet messages of a 60% better pension for members to find what the DWP (and its regulator) have in mind beyond what was laid in 2022, is being laid now but what will need to … Continue reading
Pensions at a policy crossroads?
Headlines like this are a bit shouty and the event I went to yesterday afternoon was not shouty at all. In fact it was very good. A privilege and a thankyou I am not a client of “Hogan Lovells” and … Continue reading
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Tagged #pensions, annuity, auto enrolment, corporate governance, DWP, Financial services, Government, HL, Hogan Lovells, pension, Pensions, Retirement
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Sweden – a better model for British financial services and our private pensions?
Sweden, a welfare system that works and is affordable. A funded pension system that is forward looking and a country that is proud of the financial services it delivers to its population. To me, Sweden is a better model for … Continue reading
Pension Schemes Bill gets parliamentary evidence from 23 experts
We are at the end of a massive gift of evidence in Parliament If you take a fancy to , you can watch the morning meetings here You can watch the afternoon meetings here There has been a little comment … Continue reading
Compliance is not VFM – nor annuities; savers need more from pensions!
It is interesting to see how Australia pressing ahead with what we call Value for money or VFM. I can see as far as Bac’s contribution page but no further but it’s far enough for the purposes of this blog. … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, corporate governance, dc pensions, DWP, Employment, Government, IGC, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pensions
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