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Another year older..
I am not a year older – I am two years younger than I was five years ago – at least I’m two years further from retirement (relatively speaking). Continue reading
IFAs need to reconnect with workplace pensions in 2014
The answer is very simple, it’s in technology, in the application of actuarial science and – (surprise, surprise) in http://www.pensionplaypen.com ! Continue reading
Guaranteeing second rate outcomes is not ambitious!
Let’s get the issue in focus; defined ambition is not about giving people certainty about their pension savings, it is about being more ambitious about the outcomes they get for saving. For employers who are prepared to make a pension promise, we … Continue reading
Posted in actuaries, advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment
Tagged Business, Employment, Financial services, Government, Insurance, pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb
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Why insurers, not pension schemes, have taken the infrastructure challenge
The announcement this morning of the National Infrastructure Plan (NIP) includes the government selling off its 40% stake in the Eurostar rail service. In all, about £375bn of investment in energy, transport, communications, and water projects is planned. You can … Continue reading
Let’s rid us of financial carnage at retirement
I’m really interested in why pension schemes don’t provide more support. Any views out there on what the biggest barriers to providing more support than basic communication and a signpost to MAS or TPAS or Unbiased? Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, defined aspiration, pensions, Popcorn Pensions
Tagged annuity, Business, Business and Economy, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Government, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement, Steve Webb
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You want a workplace pension for your staff? – delighted to help!
Mrs HR Dee Smallco Ltd. Sunny Uplands GB Dear Mrs Dee, Thanks for your enquiry. I can see you are sold on the idea of offering a workplace pension for your staff. You know you have to anyway, but I … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, Liability Driven Investment, mallowstreet, Management, NEST, pension playpen, pensions, workplace pensions
Tagged Actuarial science, Business, Clarence, Employment, Financial services, Government, Investment, Investment management, Life annuity, NEST, pension, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, Playpen, Retirement
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“Turning the amber light green”; – creating a buzz around #auto-enrolment.
We should not minimise the impact of the employer duties, they are onerous and will be disruptive. But we must put them in the context of the greater good. Continue reading
Do employers have a duty of care to their staff when they retire?
If you take the Daily Express, you will have been reading a series of front page headlines about “rip-off pensions”. Here’s this Thursday’s edition http://www.express.co.uk/news/retirement/423869/Millions-hit-by-scandal-of-pensions-rip-off . The argument is based on some recently released figures “A 65-year-old with average pension … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, annuity, auto-enrolment, brand, club pension, customer service, dc pensions, pensions
Tagged annuity, Business and Economy, Government, Investing, Liability Driven Investment, Life annuity, National Employment Savings Trust, pension playpen, Pension Protection Fund, pensions, public sector, Public Sector Pensions, Steve Webb
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The politics of pensions – how the landscape has changed since 2010.
Let us hope that the head of steam that has been built up since 2010 can be maintained.
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Cleaning out the pension cupboard
“Unfortunately, even if a scheme is paid up and inactive, with no current members, governance is still required ” Continue reading