Tag Archives: Housing
UK BAU – Nigel Wilson – L&G
Not for the first time I have been encouraged in my work by L&G’s CEO Nigel Wilson. There have been times when this has been face to face, this morning it was on Radio 5’s Wake up to Money. Nigel … Continue reading
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Tagged Housing, Nigel Wilson, Patient Capital, pensions
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We have “capitalism without the capital” – we should be patient!
It’s budget day and Nigel Wilson has been on Wake up to Money, urging the Chancellor to encourage Britain to invest positively for its future. He tells us that Britain has “Capitalism without the Capital”, he’s right and I’m with the … Continue reading
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Tagged capital, Equity, Housing, John Mather, Nigel Wilson, pensions, Savings
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Fancy finance or cheaper houses?
I recently wrote a blog arguing that we could make more use of the burgeoning financial education/wellbeing brigade to get youngsters saving for proper housing of their own. My thoughts focussed on finance but of course the Government want … Continue reading
Helping young staff to a home of their own
There’s increasing help in the workplace for those planning retirement or struggling with debt. “Financial well-being” is this year’s “financial education” and the healthcare organisations have worked out that a solvent workforce is a workforce less likely to suffer from … Continue reading
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Tagged first actuarial, Housing, propery, right to buy, shared ownership
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These are the Good Times for savers and investors!
It is very rare that savers get told they’re “having it good”, but if you’re saving into a workplace pension default , you’ve just had a great 12 months. I’m looking at a piece of paper that tells me … Continue reading
Posted in advice gap, auto-enrolment, pensions
Tagged entrepreneurs, equities, Housing, investors, Monkman, Savers, Technology
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Walk on! A panegyric for May’s interventionism.
This footpath is not a road – it is a footpath; it is not closed, it has been closed; it is not blocked by roadworks , the footpath is walkable but the pedestrian has to walk past some red tape. If … Continue reading
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Tagged Basingstoke, Global Markets, Housing, Infrastructure, Interventionism, pensions, Road Closed, Technology, Theresa May, town planning
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Why the Autumn Statement was so important for pensions
Last Thursday I pointed out how the introduction of a Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) could be the most significant statement on pensions that Osborne never made. Paul Lewis has blogged the details, follow his twitter timeline to see the Q&A … Continue reading
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Tagged auto enrolment, Brick, Business, Buy-to-let, Housing, housing stock, L&G, Liquidity, market, pension, pension playpen, pensions, Sausage, second homes
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The Treasury – the office of pension irresponsibility
The Treasury should be renamed the office of pension irresponsibility. It wants to milk pensions as the “new banks” and is acting as the political wing of the housing market. It talks fiscal prudence while pushing the bribes of March. For … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Neil, Budget 2015, First Time Buyers, Housing, housing market, ISA, Lifetime allowance, LTA, Osborne, pensions, Steve Webb, The Treasury
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“Hope I die before I get old..?”
The quote’s from Pete Townsend and the Who’s “my generation”. It’s a brutal version of the Beatles’ “when I’m 64” but both songs are driven by the fear of getting old “will you still need, me, will you still … Continue reading
Posted in accountants, actuaries, CDC, pension playpen, pensions, Pensions Regulator, Popcorn Pensions, Public sector pensions
Tagged Business, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Financial services, George Osbourne, Government, Housing, Old age, Pension Reforms, Reforms, Retirement, the Beatles, The Who
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