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How Shell announced the closure of its DB Scheme to members
UK Retirement Benefits Review – 2011 December 2011 This update is primarily aimed at employees of the Member Companies of the Shell Contributory Pension Fund (SCPF) and Shell Overseas Contributory Pension Fund (SOCPF) who are members of those funds or … Continue reading
Posted in pensions, Retirement, shell
Tagged Defined benefit pension plan, Employment, Human Resources, Market trend, pension, Retirement, SCPF, Shell, SOCPF
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Pension power! Is your employer doing enough?
Most people who read articles about pensions earn their living from pensions – managing the benefits or the investments, setting the things up or closing the things down. Most of the people who benefit from pensions do not (sadly) read … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, Facebook, mallowstreet, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, social media, twitter
Tagged Chief executive officer, Compensation & Benefits, Employment, Financial services, Human Resources, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Trade union
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The Regulator, wisdom and the crowd
The Pension Regulator, it needs be said , did not have a good Professional Pension Show. Things started well enough with a keynote speech that laid out its 2012 agenda Get DB solvent Get DC sorted Get Auto-Enrolment in Simples… And that … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Fiduciary Management, Liability Driven Investment, NEST
Tagged annuity, Bill Galvin, bribery act, Brighton, corporate governance, customer service, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, Fiduciary Management, Financial services, Government, Human Resources, Keynote, Liability Driven Investment, National Employment Savings Trust, NEST, pension, Pension Regulator, Trusteeweb, William F. Galvin
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Yeovil has the best pension plan in the country
Congratulations to Agusta Westland, proud sponsors of Yeovil Town Football Club, manufacturers of top helicopters and now the sponsors of Britain’s #1 pension scheme. I had the honour of dancing with their wonderful pension team and though I was unable … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, pension playpen, Retirement
Tagged AgustaWestland, dc pensions, England, Financial services, Human Resources, Jeremy Vine, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Retirement, Scottish Widows, Somerset, Sports, Yeovil, yeovil town fc, Yeovil Town FC, YTFC, Zurich
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Can’t beat the NAPF!
As trade bodies go, the NAPF is pretty good. It starts from a good place, it wants people to get good retirement outcomes. It operates with the support of all the sectors of the pensions industry and it’s been doing its job … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, mallowstreet, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement, social media
Tagged Business, dc pensions, de-risking, Employment, Government, Human Resources, mallowstreet, National Association of Pension Funds, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, social media, Trade association, trustee
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Champagne down the drain
Many thanks to those who came, and those who wanted to come but couldn’t – not the easiest of days to get about.
Posted in annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, mallowstreet, Martin Lewis, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Daily Express, dc pensions, de-risking, Financial services, Human Resources, Insurance, Life annuity, mallowstreet, Martin Lewis, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, Pensions, Politics, Retail Distribution Review, Retirement, Retirement annuity plan
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None of my business
I went to a meeting last week at the end of which the pension manager I was speaking with asked “I can see why this matters but why are you bothering?”. A very sensible question as it happened since the commercial … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, dc pensions, de-risking, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged Actuarial science, annuity, Business, dc pensions, de-risking, Economics, Financial services, Human Resources, Insurance, Jenny Davidson, Life annuity, moneysavingexpert, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, pensions, Retirement
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A pound spent on pension’s as good as salary – the new golden rule
I published a blog recently on the need for the DWP to take notice of the real concerns of the ASA. It got some really interesting comments made on various sites mainly opposing the ACA’s pessimism. Interestingly the pessimism of the actuaries mirrors … Continue reading
Posted in annuity, corporate governance, dc pensions, Fiduciary Management, pension playpen, pensions, Retirement
Tagged annuity, Business, corporate governance, croydon, dc pensions, Economics, Employment, Fiduciary Management, Financial services, Human Resources, Insurance, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Pound, Pension Poverty, pensions, Pensions, Politics, Public Sector Pensions, Retirement, Salary, Society
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How much volatility can we take? Pension Play Pen Lunch Sept 5th 2011
James Smith- First Actuarial Ben Mulroney– mallowstreet Jenny Kreser – Silverman Sherliker Mark Benfold Railway Pension Scheme Malcolm Delahaye – Supertrust Jennny Yeo – Affiliate Managers Paull Chapple -Close Brothers Jeroen Wilbrink – Partner at SECOR Asset Management Thornton Wells – Mattioli Woods Michael Clarke -Capita … Continue reading
Posted in dc pensions, de-risking, Liability Driven Investment, mallowstreet, pension playpen, Retirement
Tagged Actuarial science, Ben Mulroney, corporate risk, dc pensions, de-risking, Financial services, Human Resources, Liability Driven Investment, mallowstreet, National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, Pension Poverty, Pensions, Politics, Retirement, Risk Management, trustee
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Some of our pensioners are unwell
I’ve not read anything so silly as this http://www.professionalpensions.com/professional-pensions/news/2105510/stv-slashes-liabilities-bespoke-mortality-exercise for a long time. If you can’t read the story via the link, KPMG are delighting in having got the STV Trustees to change their mortality assumptions after they’d collected eveidence that most of … Continue reading
Posted in corporate governance, de-risking
Tagged corporate governance, de-risking, Defined benefit pension plan, Employee benefit, Employment, Financial services, Human Resources, KPMG, Liability (financial accounting), National Employment Savings Trust, pension, Recovery Plan, STV (TV network), trustee
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