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Tag Archives: Hilary Salt
With “good risk” , we can push the sky away.
This from City AM’s Josh Mines The pension deficit of the UK’s 350 largest companies tumbled by a huge £16bn over the course of May, figures out today have shown. In just one month, the FTSE 350 pension … Continue reading
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Bill Galvin , stop whingeing to the FT and come down here!
Bill Galvin would be well-advised not to snipe at social media for peddling misconceptions about the University Superannuation Scheme. Dennis Leech, Professor of Economics at Warwick concludes a recent article with the question will this independent group be subject to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Galvin, first actuarial, ft, Hilary Salt, pensions, social media, USS, UUK
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The value of geography
I am not a geographer, I didn’t get the O-level – a little like Hilary Salt, I thought it something that PE teachers taught to fill in their curriculum. Geography has come a long way – when I was at … Continue reading
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Tagged Actuary, Clive Barnett, Gail Davies, geography, Hilary Salt, pensions, twitter, USS
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A brave and timely response to UUK’s proposals
I was wondering how to react to news that the UUK (the employers of university staff) is proposing to axe future Defined Benefit accrual into the USS. Anger or sorrow seemed the two main candidates as I flew back last night. I was … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, pensions, Trades Union Congress
Tagged defined benefit, Hilary Salt, John Ralfe, pensions, UCU, USS, UUK
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We need to learn to love the PPF more
Hilary Salt asks “rather than designing new DB superfunds, wouldn’t it be better to grow to appreciate and improve our existing superfund?” It must be frustrating for the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) when the public perception is that to end … Continue reading
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Tagged BHS, Hilary Salt, pensions, ppf, professional pensions, Royal Mail, The Pensions Regulator, USS
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Labour adopts CDC for good retirement outcomes
This week , the Labour Party’s list of policies became one longer when shadow pension minister Alex Cunningham announced that reviving the mothballed secondary legislation to enable collective defined contribution schemes would happen under a future Labour Government. A few … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, first actuarial, Hilary Salt, Jack Cunningham, Labour, pensions
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“Small is beautiful” – Hilary Salt’s contrarian pension vision.
It’s difficult to go anywhere on planet pensions at the moment without hearing people extol the virtues of scale. I seem to be the only sceptic on this. (I’d better upfront declare my conflict of interest as our clients include … Continue reading
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Is there a”pensions opposition”? Thoughts on #TUCpensions
I wasn’t at the TUC Conference, having a Conservative membership has closed a few doors and I didn’t want to make some awkward by insisting. My colleague Hilary Salt spoke and the event was capably relayed by Josephine Cumbo and others. … Continue reading
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Tagged Colin meech, first actuarial, ft, Hilary Salt, josephine cumbo, members, pensions, TUC
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We don’t believe in “experts” anymore
The phrase in the title is a favourite of my boss – Hilary Salt – if you read this on holiday in California – Nothing convinces me more that experts are not to be trusted than my being called a … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Soper, Donald Trump, Exclusion, Exclusivity, experts, Hilary Salt, Lesley Griffiths, Methodism, pensions
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Was BHS a blessing?
At a rowdy debate at yesterday’s Battle of Ideas, my colleague Hilary Salt stoked the fires by claimed the fall of BHS was a milestone to improving British productivity. Nobody expressed disagreement – despite it being packed with left-wing thinkers. … Continue reading
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Tagged BHS, blockchain, Brexit, ethical, ethics, first actuarial, governance, Hilary Salt, Merryn Somerset Webb, pensions, Productivy, Technology
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