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Tag Archives: House of Lords
Prem Sikka’s peerage – its value to accounting , governance and pensions
Prem Sikka, too, is an appointment to be welcomed as strengthening the Lords pensions team. Read his monograph from 2006, “Pensions crisis a failure of public policymaking”, https://t.co/xBHu7dgVKJ. Chapter 2: THE PENSIONS CRISIS: FACT AND FICTION explains the valuation and… … Continue reading
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Posted in accountants, advice gap, age wage, pensions
Tagged Accounting, Bryn Davies, Dennis Leech, ESG, House of Lords, pensions, prem sikka, Ros Altmann, Sharon Bowles
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Opperman – pensions are for the long term
It was good to see Guy Opperman speaking at Professional Pensions Live. This is my take on his speech and the direction of Government pension’s policy as we come out of lock-down and into the summer recess! Recently Guy … Continue reading
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Posted in advice gap, age wage, Dashboard, open pensions, Pension Freedoms, pensions
Tagged bowles, Dashboard, Guy Opperman, House of Lords, Pension Schemes Bill, pensions, Superfund
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Who’s protecting pensions from the impact of COVID?
This is a very real and important question as the priorities of Government tend to be protect jobs and the businesses that create job over the incomes of those who have left the labor market. The key performance indicators of … Continue reading
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Tagged David Fairs, House of Lords, jo cumbo, Oliver Morley, PLSA, Ros Altmann, SPP
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Let the Lady speak for me (on Brexit)
I was a silent remainer. I have been a Liberal most of my life, voted Liberal in #GE2019 and am proud to know Ros Altmann and Gina Miller as friends. Yesterday I bowed in front of the Throne in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Gina Miller, House of Lords, pensions, Remainer, Ros Altmann
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The lady’s not for turning.
For reasons that weren’t particularly obvious , a random group crammed into a much too small committee room in the House of Lords on Wednesday night for a round table with the new pensions minister. It was a hot day that … Continue reading
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Posted in pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Personality, Politics
Tagged auto enrolment, Business, dc pensions, Employment, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Government, House of Lords, National Employment Savings Trust, pension playpen, Pension Regulator, pensions, Retirement, Ros Altmann, Society
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The worst kind of paternalism
They’re all , fat and old, queuing for the House of Lords Continue reading
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Posted in Music, pensions, Popcorn Pensions, Public sector pensions, RBS
Tagged Civil Servants, DWP, House of Lords, Paternalism, Remote Control, Steve Webb, The Clash
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Taxpayer subsidy for public service pensions to double over 6 years
This is an article from Michael Johnson. I agree with the numbers but I’m not so sure about the sentiment that lies behind it. As a nation we can afford anything if we chose to prioritise the spending and we … Continue reading
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“We grow old, we grow old” – a budget day blog
It’s budget day. I was asked to be a commentator on a budget briefing this afternoon but I’m not good on economics – more interested in nuts and bolts. All the same, it’s useful sometimes to stick your head up and … Continue reading
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Posted in dc pensions, doctors, Henry Tapper blog, pension playpen, pensions, Treasury
Tagged Britain, Budget Day, Economic, Government, Government spending, House of Lords, Piers Plowman, Strike action
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A riot of my own
If you don’t get the reference , you probably didn’t grow up in the late 70s, but here’s White Riot by the Clash in case you thought waht we’ve seen over the past three nights is anything new.
