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Tag Archives: Helen Dean
Michael Johnson challenges the Nest Sidecar (Jars) project
The Nest Sidecar project (now renamed “Jars”) has been sponsored by a number of leading financial services companies and some major employers (including Timpsons and BT). This blog is an open letter to the Nest management from Michael Johnson, in … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, age wage, NEST
Tagged Helen Dean, Jars, Michael Johnson, NEST, pension, Pensions, Sidecar
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“Make my Money Matter” launches Tuesday; here’s your invitation
Make My Money Matter, spearheaded by Richard Curtis, Co-founder of Comic Relief, is launching a movement calling for the trillions of pounds invested in our UK pensions to build a better world – one that puts people and planet alongside profit. … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, ESG, pensions
Tagged Gillian Tett, Helen Dean, Make My Money Matter, Mark Carney, richard curtis, Russell Picot, Tanya Steele, Vincent Franklin
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Retirement’s also about debt
If you look at the Trustee board for StepChange, Britain’s largest charity dealing with the impact of debt, you will see three people familiar to the pension community Sue Lewis (right) – now a trustee of People’s Pension and formerly … Continue reading
Posted in age wage, pensions
Tagged AgeWage, Helen Dean, Lesley Titcomb, pensions, Retirement, Sue Lewis
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The pernicious effect of NEST’s market distortion
Yesterday I wrote about the unsatisfactory outcome of an industry discussion with NEST. The PLSA debate on mastertrusts at their annual conference failed to properly engage with NEST’s ongoing role in the UK pensions market and the ambiguity of its … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged API, auto enrolment, DWP, Helen Dean, NEST, Otto Thoresen, pension playpen, pensions, pensionsync, Strategy, Technology, TPR
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Wake up to the PPF!
It was good to oversleep and wake up not to the lark (metaphorical here in EC4), but to Alan Rubenstein purring about his Pension Protection Fund. Pension Protection Fund figures published yesterday show the lifeboat scheme has £4.1bn surplus and … Continue reading
NEST takes the strain.
NEST have something to shout about and it’s not news. Like good background music, they’ve succeeded in being there but not getting noticed. They’ve gone about their business over the last three months increasing their participating employers from 40 to … Continue reading
Posted in NEST, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann
Tagged Business, DWP, Financial services, Helen Dean, IRIS, Moneysoft, NEST, pension, pension playpen, pensions, Qtac, Retirement, Sage
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Take TPAS’ women in pensions 2016 survey!
The Pension Advisory each year gauge the changing relationship between women and pensions. This year’s survey is released today. Today is the day when women take the agenda back from men on pensions. Black: It is important to try and … Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged caroline rookes, Charlotte Clarke, HArriet Baldwin, Helen Dean, Michelle Cracknell, pension, Ros Altmann, TPAS, women in pensions
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Is NEST “preaching from the pulpit with its trousers round its ankles”?
Is NEST preaching from the pulpit with its trousers round its ankles? Continue reading
Posted in pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, Charlotte Clark, DWP, Helen Dean, mince pies, NEST, Ros Altmann, TPR, Workie, workplace Pensions
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Problems? Is AE technology an end or a means?
It’s something of a joke in the Pension PlayPen that if anyone is going to break our systems and processes , it will be the Pension Plowman. I have an uncanny knack of finding weaknesses on our development site and … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Helen Dean, hills, NEST, problems, punk, Sex Pistols, TPAS, TPR
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NOW – that’s what I call a puzzler!
NOW Pension’s decision to charge new customers £40pm from October has not gone down well with supporting intermediaries. One grumpy accountant commented We have one client already signed up with Now and about to stage in two weeks. As I … Continue reading
Posted in auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged auto enrolment, Helen Dean, Legal and General, NEST, NOW Pension, NOW Pensions, People's Pension, Puzzler, Standard Life
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