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Compassion in Action: The Women Fighting for Fraud and Financial Abuse Victims
This article has been passed me by Sue Flood who has worked for women’s rights in the financial world. I am happy to give her thoughts space on this blog. In a world too often ruled by numbers and red … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, corporate governance, corporate risk, Employment, FCA, Government, pension
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De-risking pensions has been a war on the young for 20 years.
Tom Tugendhat is acerbic He starts his opinion piece by explaining why he thinks pensions are one of two policies that exclude the young from prosperity (along with housing) Two bad policies in particular have influenced this trajectory. The first … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, DWP, Government, pension, Pension new, Pensions, Retirement
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LGPS conference concludes but my writing on LGPS won’t!
The final day of a conference tends to be an anti-climax after a boozy night before. This was an exception with two big sessions at the end, the first considering fiduciary responsibilities in investment – featuring Kings Bench superstar … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, Business, DWP, Employment, Government, LGPS, National Employment Savings Trust, Pension new
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Who’s going to make it to mega-fund? The writing’s on the wall for all but a few.
Parliament has published for MPs and those in the upper house a document “Explanatory Notes” that explains the Pension Schemes Bill 2025. You can download it here. It is interesting to see where the emphasis of the explanation is. There … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill, Government, Megafund, Pension Schemes Bill, Pensions
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Nationalisation or pension partnership?
This blog sides with the Government in its intentions for better pensions and a better Britain. I do not see the Pensions Investment Review as nationalisation but of partnership which brings the voice of silent tax-payers to the table. It … Continue reading
Paying to people who are alive today and will be alive next century
I have a very mystified CEO concerned that a pension scheme should be looking to pay pensions beyond the life expectancy of him and presumably his pension executive/trustee Let me give you a worked example from a real member of … Continue reading
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Tagged AgeWage, annuity, Business, dc pensions, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, pension playpen
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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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Tagged Business, defence, DWP, Financial services, ft, Government, Mark Carney, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pensions, politics, workplace Pensions
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Hymans Robertson debating pension funding this Morning.
First the advert.. Tuesday (today) 10.30 am event ; free ticket at the bottom of the blog. Having made a mistake and locked myself out of the excellent session led by Pensions for Purpose, I’m not going to do it … Continue reading
Pension Oldie’s punky monkey party
Pension Oldie has been commenting on my blog . If I had an oldie’s party, he’d be my punky monkey. It is my strong belief that a very easy win for UK Economic growth would be a radical re-appraisal of … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, Government, pension, Pension new, Pension Oldie, Pensions
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Hymans Robertson debating pension funding this Tuesday.
First the advert.. Tuesday 10.30 am event ; free ticket at the bottom of the blog. Having made a mistake and locked myself out of the excellent session led by Pensions for Purpose, I’m not going to do it twice! … Continue reading