Tag Archives: Guy Opperman

Torsten Bell demands income not pots – hunger for pensions displayed at #PensionsUKCA26

Posted on October 17, 2026 by henry tapper

For our pay today to earn a proper wage in retirement, we need an adequate private pensions system. That includes CDC as an option for employers. Continue reading →

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Collective Pensions (CDC) at #PensionsUKAC26 (first session for all employers)

Posted on October 15, 2026 by henry tapper

This is very welcome news from a former Pensions Minister. Pensions UK have done well to include important faces in this first debate. Today is the second CDC debate – this time on the simplicity Collective Pensions bring to the … Continue reading →

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A third of #PUKAC26 employers actively exploring CDC to be their workplace pension

Posted on October 14, 2026 by henry tapper

This is in line with a projection made earlier this year that a third of DC plans would switch to CDC. Continue reading →

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From today a CDC master trust can pay a wage in retirement.

Posted on August 3, 2026 by henry tapper

OK, I’m not expecting anyone but the most bored lawyer to open this and read it end to end but here it is. This blog is a celebration not of the “first day of applications of authorisation for Trustees of … Continue reading →

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Thx Guy Opperman for getting CDC going (and to Nick Cave for our celebrations of the Code).

Posted on August 1, 2026 by henry tapper

It’s time we remembered that Guy Opperman got the ball rolling, It may have rolled for nine years to yesterday, but we are at August 1st and into a new era for CDC. It seems to me there are a … Continue reading →

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I give up on VFM for pensions and so does Guy Opperman, I like the guy!

Posted on April 22, 2026 by henry tapper

I don’t suppose that former Minister Guy Opperman knew he would be reported at the Aptia conference yesterday. He works for them a couple of days a month and was delivering the kind of comments that would have gone down … Continue reading →

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The Grand National – did your Dad ride in it? Did you win like Guy Opperman?

Posted on April 11, 2026 by henry tapper

It’s something to remember back to distant off Grand Nationals but another to have a photo of your Dad riding in it! 60 years since my dad rode in the 1966 #GrandNational as an amateur (white colours jumping the chair … Continue reading →

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Pension Mandation and “the irrelevance of the Lords as a talking shop”

Posted on March 22, 2026 by henry tapper

Guy Opperman may not be a part of the Labour Government but he understands how governments work and why the protest from those arguing for fiduciary freedom will not be granted the amendment the House of Lords has sent downstairs … Continue reading →

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Therese Coffey – please stay out of the pension debate.

Posted on December 29, 2025 by henry tapper

I am surprised that a former DWP Secretary of State who played little part in pension policy when the Conservatives were in power is now loud in the upper house and on social media. There is nothing in this that … Continue reading →

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Outside the trains don’t run on time

Posted on September 27, 2024 by henry tapper

It was a joy to host a meeting yesterday of some 60 colleagues with a common interest in meeting the needs of ordinary people who want a pension from their workplace pension. We heard for openers from Guy Opperman and … Continue reading →

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