Tag Archives: Hymans Robertson
Why charitable DB schemes shouldn’t rush to buy-out.
Stephanie Hawthorne has written another well researched and thoughtful article on defined benefit schemes funded by charities for their staff. These schemes are different from corporate DB schemes in a number of ways. 40% of them are open to … Continue reading
1m+ employers chose workplace pensions, how many will review that choice?
Thank to Hymans Robertson, for a series of excellent sessions on the benchmarking of workplace pensions value for money propositions. The sessions have been led by Michael and Shabna. The consultancy is looking to encourage good practice amongst not … Continue reading
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Tagged Hymans Robertson, Penson PlayPen, Steve Goddard, workplace Pensions
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Club Vita’s latest picture of the Covid-19 data.
Club Vita is an actuarial resource that helps pension schemes understand what’s going on death and health wise. It uses big data sets to create pictures which non-actuaries like me can understand. If , like me, you want to understand … Continue reading
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Tagged actuaries, Club Vita, Covid-19, Hymans Robertson, PPE
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Pension paralysis over the net-pay rip off.
I won’t bore you with a list, but there are 31 blogs on this site dealing with various aspects of the net-pay rip-off which is denying hundreds of thousands of low-paid people the incentive promised them by HMRC for contributing … Continue reading
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Tagged HMRC, Hymans Robertson, net-pay, Paralysis, pensions, Research, tax relief
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Insuring too much for living too long
I went to an interesting debate this morning about the DB deficit crisis (what crisis?). A number of interesting things emerged, such as a statement that a pension scheme cannot get a real return on its investments. I looked at … Continue reading
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Tagged buy-in, buy-out, ft, Hymans Robertson, ILC, ILC-UK, Insurance, jo cumbo, LDI, Longevity, Technology
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Why a 12% pension saving rate is wrong.
I had hoped to talk yesterday with and today about Lord Turner and the meeting of minds at the Pension and Lifetime Savings Association. The change of title a year ago had, I hoped , heralded a more open … Continue reading
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Tagged DWP, Guided outcomes, Hymans Robertson, pensions, PLSA, Richard Harrington, The Pensions Regulator
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“Blindsided!”-investment consultants caught by FCA’s rabbit punch
Nobody saw it coming. I went to a conference of investment consultants earlier in the month, the FCA’s Market Review was not on the agenda of any of the day’s sessions. But the FCA’s proposal to make a MARKET INVESTIGATION REFERENCE … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, Actuary, Aon, defined benefit, FCA, first actuarial, Hymans Robertson, IGC, Innovation, LCP, Market Review, Mercer, pension, Technology, TPR, WTW
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Ros Altmann’s got her mojo working!
This article is best read to the sound of Muddy Waters 1966 version of “I got my mojo working”, if you aren’t in the quiet carriage, click on the video at the bottom and enjoy your next three minutes. Many … Continue reading
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Tagged AE, auto enrolment, Business, Hymans Robertson, mojo, Muddy Waters, pensions, Ros Altmann, true potential
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Why we will have to wait for our freedom.
A prospect of market failure The sentence may have been over-turned but the prisoner is not free. At best he can wander the prison yard but the prison gates remain locked and even when they open , the pension will … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, Chris Noon, dc pensions, Defined benefit pension plan, defined benefit pension schemes, Dispatches, DWP, Employment, Freedom and choice in pensions, Hymans Robertson, pension freedom, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, personal pension, personal pensions, Retirement, Steve Webb
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