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Losing the argument for pensions with dynamic youngsters?

Pension Age’s Paige Perrin runs on some research from Hargreaves Lansdown (HL). Public sector households (58 per cent) are more likely than private sector households (42 per cent) to be on track for an adequate retirement income, research from Hargreaves … Continue reading

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High earners aren’t taking their deferred pay seriously (Hargreaves and Oxford Uni).

The FT has this morning published a chart by Hargreaves Lansdown and Oxford University. It shows a deterioration in the replacement income for those who are on more than £87,200 (presumably a bar to earing a lot!). Give it a … Continue reading

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M&G, Schroders and Hargreaves look for “new entrant path relief”.

Pension stories are hard to find at this time of the year so the idea of Hargreaves Lansdown, M&G (Prudential) and Schroders ganging up to offer something genuinely different is not that odd – it is hard to see how … Continue reading

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“Greggs or Gails” for fund supermarkets whinging about choice.

I can hardly believe my screen Dan Olley, chief executive of Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK’s biggest consumer investment site, said it was “essential that we keep things as simple as possible”. James Carter of Fidelity International said “complexity destroys confidence” … Continue reading

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Planning ahead if you’re self-employed; (HL’s first class research)

We should be grateful to Nathan Long and Hargreaves Lansdown for continuing to research what’s actually happening with the self-employed. It’s long been remarked that there are many types of self-employment ranging from the professional partnerships to those just getting … Continue reading

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Nathan Long – Financial resilience

This is the 26th VFM podcast and my 26th blog (27th if you include my apology to Nico for being rude about him). But it’s the first when Nico has had a proper job, I think he’s in charge of … Continue reading

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The “Assessment of Value” whitewash continues.

Thanks to Robin Powell for bringing this to my attention and thanks to Sally Hickey for researching and writing the article for the FT Here is the damning evidence uncovered by Hickey Hargreaves Lansdown has said its funds represent value … Continue reading

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Turbulent times for overgrown SIPPs

It has been a turbulent two or three days for the UK wealth management market. On Friday, Nucleus made its move on Curtis Banks, the latter’s management appears to be leaving en masse, the much loved Dunstan Thomas appears to … Continue reading

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Via Nova challenges Origo’s PE backed monopoly.

Origo – a monopoly in the making I have for five years been writing about the pernicious impact of a potential monopoly created by Origo in the transaction of pension transfers. I still worry. Origo was set up  in 1989 … Continue reading

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The “personalised nudge” – down the slippery slope or a shove towards better pensions?

This week we are hearing a lot about what providers think they should be able to do with their customers to help those customers take better decisions. A pension provider’s view of what’s good for a customer may be skewed … Continue reading

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