Tag Archives: growth
Good governance yes – prudent growth assumptions for CDC – no thanks!
This is the summary of what TPR’s CEO , Nausicaa Delfas said at the Her speech at the Association of Consulting Actuaries’ 75th anniversary Chair’s dinner You can read the text of the speech here. A purely DC savings system … Continue reading
An all party group promoting growth in pensions? Why didn’t we know about them!
It is really pleasing to see Labour MPs getting pension people involved in the business of running this company. I would not have known much about Sarah Edwards; I would not have known much about this group Pensions and … Continue reading
Running a pension scheme for growth. Does it really have to be this hard?
Being away from the City , I get a perspective on the mood of pension schemes and if pension schemes are at last aware that they and the members of their schemes are being ripped off by buy-out – then … Continue reading
Time to Rethink DB Pensions? Why Our ‘Excessively Prudent’ Era Must End.
This blog is by Roger Higgins Senior pensions adviser, trustee and leading pensions technology consultant February 12, 2026 Having spent decades working in pensions, I’ve seen cycles of surplus and deficit, but the current position – with over £200bn in … Continue reading
Q. “If DB pensions had been invested for growth?” A. “Actuaries would have a DB pension future…”
That’s my answer on what would happen if Pension Funds had followed a pathway modelled by Barnett Waddingham’s Andrew Smith This blog is his…apart from some comments from Andrew Young at the end. Andy Smith If UK private-sector DB pension … Continue reading
Dan Mikulskis and Martin Lewis have a simple story, an investment message!
This needed to be said. The article in question can be read from here Dan talks of DC master trusts but you could have got roughly the same returns whether you were invested in a the default of a DC … Continue reading
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Tagged Dan mikulskis, growth, Martin Lewis, National Employment Savings Trust, Pensions, Peoples Pension, shares
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The mill wheel that grinds the flour that makes the bread
I am pleased to read Ed Goodchild’s fine words on the dawning of the last weekend of autumn of 2025! I know his technology and I know how he applies himself to grow the businesses he servces. More pleased still … Continue reading
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Tagged Age, application, Ed Goodchild, Grow, growth, hard work, SME, Technology
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Coal Staff – why aren’t we shouting from the rooftops this great news?
I am very pleased that the Government has agreed to pay the surplus in this pension scheme to members. Well done Mark Walker and the investment team who have kept the coal workers invested in growth (mainly in … Continue reading
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Tagged BCSSS, Budgeet, Economic growth, equities, growth, Mineworker, Surplus
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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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FT struggles to find experts to oppose this idea
It is hard to find a story about Government looking to pension funds to accelerate the near non-existent growth in the UK economy. It is so clear that the public want to invest more in the UK, we want better … Continue reading