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Do hybrid pensions make sense- USS?

I’ve been thinking over the weekend about hybrid pension structures, pension schemes that provide a defined benefit for core earnings – say the first £40,000 you earn and a top up contribution against earnings above this amount, which provides a … Continue reading

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DC savers left in “backwaters fouled with complexity” – clean up hybrids now!

In my recent blog ” We can;t risk hybrid DC schemes being left behind.  I argued that many member’s benefits are being left in a backwater fouled by complexity. The DWP have chosen to treat small DC schemes that sit … Continue reading

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We can’t risk hybrid DC schemes risk being left behind

  The case for including DB/ DC hybrids in value for member assessments. There are 5.5m savers with DC benefits within DB schemes and this number doesn’t include AVCs. Of these 1.2m are actively saving and most will be as … Continue reading

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