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CDC’s been declared unfair; we say it’s up to 60% fairer for everyone!

This article, written by my colleague Chris Burford and me is a defence of CDC from accusations that it simply redistributes the same amount of money away from one group (the young) to another (the old). Our argument is that … Continue reading

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Do you really think CDC folk haven’t thought through unfairness?

I don’t trust this headline; it repeats an unfair criticism of UMES “whole of life” CDC, confusing it with the kind of CDC Royal Mail are using.  This is not to criticise the Royal Mail CDC which works brilliantly . … Continue reading

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The Lords and the Pension Schemes Bill – the game is on for pension surplus!

This comment was fed into my mail yesterday evening by someone who’d watched the debate in the House of Lords about the choices facing trustees and employers with defined benefit pension plans they are responsible for. Re the Lords and … Continue reading

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Millions need us to deliver on CDC by 2027 ; here’s why- here’s how!

Many of us (the three in the picture especially) have been waiting over a decade for a CDC plan to run and to be in. The three of us were at The CDC Forum CIC event on Wednesday when the … Continue reading

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Why should we build a “disposable” pension system?

This is an argument I am used to and it’s not one that I am comfortable to leave alone. We built a health system, a teaching system and a police and fire brigade to last and we should do the … Continue reading

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PENSION RISK TRANSFER INDUSTRY – Push Back and Critique

This paper has been sent to Pension PlayPen to accompany the presentation given by William McGrath and Con Keating on Tuesday 2nd September. The video and slides of this presentation are available on this link. This is the final piece … Continue reading

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There’s only two Henry Tappers! (out of 800m active users of Linked in!)

It is difficult to get out of Microsoft (owners of Linkedin) how many active users there are. John Espirian reckons there are just under 800m “active” but 1.1 billion accounts. A lot (300m)  of dead people, people on more than … Continue reading

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A nice watch for a Chancellor bored of Wimbledon and the football.

A good morning spent in the company of Chris Curry, Steve Goddard, Dr Priya Khambiyaita  and Arun Muralidhar. I was a little late but hope I contribute a little late on when I remind that annuities may be nice to … Continue reading

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Pension Schemes/ Long may you run – LCP’s Hodder – 10.30 today

Coffee Morning – DB De-Risking Supertanker… is it starting to turn? LCP’s Steve Hodder investigates Tuesday, July 8⋅10:30 – 11:30am  Today You are cordially invited to attend today’s Coffee Morning with Steve Hodder, me and Steve Goddard. Steve Hodder will … Continue reading

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The DB De-Risking Supertanker… is it starting to turn? (LCP/PP)

Coffee Morning – DB De-Risking Supertanker… is it starting to turn? LCP’s Steve Hodder investigates Tuesday, July 8⋅10:30 – 11:30am You are cordially invited to attend our next Coffee Morning with Steve Hodder, me and Steve Goddard. Steve Hodder will … Continue reading

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