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Tag Archives: Guy Opperman
Why a new pensions commission would fail
There’s a call from our current pensions minister to set up another pension commission like we had fifteen years ago. That commission was a success as it resulted in progressive policies like auto-enrolment and made us sit up and think … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, pensions
Tagged Guy Opperman, Pension Commission, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Steve Webb, Tax, tax-releif
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How the UK could lead the world – supporting older people.
Josephine Cumbo continues to write with precision about the need for reform of the pension taxation system. If you can’t read her latest article, perhaps you should think of subscribing to the FT – at least to read her output … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, guy opperman, pensions
Tagged AgeWage, Guy Opperman, jo cumbo, pensions, Ros Altmann
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Welcome to the roaring twenties
There’s a lot of mind-casting going on, us thinking how things things have changed since 2010. But my mind is casting back further, back to the 1920s, the roaring twenties – where Britain emerged from a terrible four years of … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, climate change, pensions
Tagged Climate change, Greta Thunberg, Guy Opperman, Mark Carney, Olafur Eliasson
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So what do pension people want from politicians?
I’ve started so I’ll finish, I will post my views on the Conservative manifesto from a pensions perspective, when it gets published. But as I didn’t have to waste many words on the Liberal policy pleasantary afterthought, I’d look into … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged CDC, Guy Opperman, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, pensions, PP, professional pensions, Steve Webb
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We almost got a pensions dashboard….
It now seems unlikely that parliament will complete reading the Pensions Bill. The Bill introduces compulsion on employers to provide data to a pensions dashboard and it gives CDC the green light, at first for the Royal Mail and later … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, Big Government, pensions
Tagged CDC, Dashboard, Guy Opperman, Pension Dashboard, pensions
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A pensions dashboard really would help
With a Queens Speech and a pensions bill only a week away, it’s timely of the Times to publish research from Ipsos Mori on the plight of UK retirement savers trying to keep track of their savings. This piece … Continue reading
Posted in Dashboard, dc pensions, pensions
Tagged Guy Opperman, kate palmer, Pension Dashboard, pensions, Queens Speeech, the Times
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The fight for proper dashboards is just beginning.
The collective intake of breath that greeted the eventual publication of the Government’s feasibility study and consultation paper was palpable. Now – a week on – perhaps we can stop congratulating each other and get on with delivering a … Continue reading
Pension Dashboards – time to respond!
At a recent PPI seminar, Laurie Edmans reminded us that he had been responsible for helping Government nearly deliver combined pension forecasts in 2004 – nearly 15 years ago. I wrote to Laurie thanking him for chairing an excellent event … Continue reading
Posted in Dashboard, pensions
Tagged CMA, Dashboards, DWP, Guy Opperman, Open Banking, open pensions, pension, Pensions Minister
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Open pensions – not closed meetings!
In advance of an expected announcement on the pensions dashboard on Monday, Frank Field has published a letter to Guy Opperman and his Work and Pensions Select Committee and has published the findings of a round table with the “pension … Continue reading
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Tagged ABI, AgeWage, Amber Rudd, Dashboard, Frank Field, Guy Opperman, IA, open pensions, pensions, PLSA
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NO. Conficasion is bad news whichever way or want to use it. Local councils have far too much power alraedy…